"My lords, Zhu Ming has lost his virtue, and the sky is angry and people are complaining! Tens of millions of people have suffered from the conscription. They have no home to return to, no relatives to support, and no rest. Millions of people have been killed and maimed in battle, leaving only orphans and widows. Elderly parents! What’s even more hateful is that the foolish king and the traitorous ministers ignored the warnings from heaven and did not see the great battle coming from heaven. They did not care that millions of people died because of the war, and did not care about the suffering of the people in the world because of the war and the war. They only wanted to use military force and only wanted to conquer the war. The four parties not only refused to cede territory to the Westerners and asked for peace, but also wanted to recruit 10 million more troops... How can such a one-man country thief be the master of the world again? Moreover, now that the Zhu Ming Emperor's line is gone, this is a republic of God's will!
Dear gentlemen! The Zhu Ming Dynasty will be destroyed, the Republic of China will be prosperous, and the year will be Wuwu, and there will be no war in the world! "
"Zhu Ming will die, the Republic will rise, the year will be Wuwu, and there will be no war in the world..."
"There is no war in the world..."
Still in the square outside Hongwumen in Nanjing, there was still a large gathering of hundreds of thousands of people. But the content of the opportunity is completely different from 15 years ago... Obviously, this is an anti-war rally!
On the Nine Heavens, Emperor Chongzhen, who watched the fast-forward and witnessed the major events of the past 15 years, now agrees with the views of the anti-war working people to some extent.
Because he also felt that the war could not continue... If it was just a war, the five-nation alliance of the Ming Dynasty, Japan, Mongolia, and the Holy Roman Empire could still persist.
Although the war consumes a lot of money and the personnel losses are even greater, Ming Dynasty can still hurt people with its own merits.
The long war that lasted for 10 years caused a total of three to four million young people in the Ming Empire to die, and the number of people injured and disabled also reached two million! But compared to the 600 million people of the Ming Empire, this is only a loss rate of 1%, which is nothing at all.
Moreover, the Ming Empire was the largest industrialized country in the world, producing more steel, coal, and electricity than all the Allied Powers participating in the war, including Britain, France, Russia, the United States, Spain, Belgium, Italy, and Turkey combined!
Although the supply of agricultural products has become increasingly tight since the war began. Starting eight years ago, major food and non-staple food items have to be supplied by card, but the people can still have enough to eat.
And although it is difficult on the Ming side, it is even more difficult on the Allied side!
First of all, the United States, which had the highest industrial and agricultural output among the Allied Powers, suffered heavy blows from the Allies. All territory west of the Mississippi River was lost soon after the war (including the iron ore mines in Minnesota), and a large number of working people died or went to the battlefield. , so industrial and agricultural production is greatly affected. If it weren't for the effect of the "Patriotic War" (surrender means the country will perish), they would have withdrawn from the war long ago.
Secondly, the Rakshasa Kingdom has been under siege by the Holy Roman Empire, Ming Dynasty, and Mongolia from the beginning of the war! Under the siege of the Holy Roman Empire, Ming Dynasty, and Mongolia, the Rakshasa Kingdom barely managed to hold on for 8 years. However, because it could not stand the pressure of the three-front war and the Holy Roman Empire captured Istanbul, the Rakshasa Kingdom lost its foreign trade channels. , unable to import scarce food, and had to withdraw from the war...
In this time and space, the Holy Roman Empire formed a "permanent alliance" with the Great Mongolia due to its anti-Ottoman stance, and also began dynastic marriages in the 18th century. Therefore, it received assistance from the Ming Empire and survived Emperor Napoleon's attack. He also won the Austro-Prussian War and became the winner of the unification of Germany.
And a unified Germany... of course wants to further unify the European continent!
The Republic of Xinhua, the son of the Ming Dynasty, dreams of seizing more land in North America, and the Mongolian Kingdom wants to turn the entire India into its own territory.
Therefore, the Holy Roman Empire, the Republic of Xinhua, and the Great Mongolia tried every means to bring the Ming Dynasty into a military alliance.
Of course, Ming Dynasty also had its own ambitions. Ming Dynasty hoped to turn the Persian Gulf into its own territory because a lot of oil was discovered there! Oil is considered to be the most important resource in the next hundred years, and of course it must be controlled by ourselves.
In addition, Ming Dynasty also hoped to seize South Africa's gold and Mexico's silver. Because with enough gold and silver, the Ming Dynasty could control the world's currency - at this time, the world's currency was still based on the gold and silver composite standard.
Although after the war began, the Allies, who had the advantage in strength, made many mistakes in their military command (they were too arrogant), allowing their opponents to seize the opportunity to fight several beautiful counterattacks. Moreover, the performance of the Allied navies was not satisfactory. The main fleet was okay, but it was a little helpless in the face of the Allied submarines. At the same time, after the Holy Roman Empire's navy was defeated by the British Royal Navy, the waters of the Atlantic Ocean (there were also HRE U-type submarines underwater) became dominated by the Allied navies.
But with its strong national power, the Ming Empire can still become the winner with the last laugh!
In fact, victory is already waving to Ming Dynasty.
But something absolutely unexpected happened when the Rakshasa Kingdom withdrew from the war. A terrible plague suddenly broke out on the battlefield in the New World. Then this disease, known as the "Five-Day Plague", was mobilized through the army and supplies. The transport fleet returned to East Asia.
The so-called "Five-Day Plague" is the Spanish Flu in history. But this time the Spaniards were not blamed... Both warring sides blamed the disease for starting in the American territories controlled by the other side, and both sides were helpless against the disease.
Maybe it's because the strains of disease that reached China are different, or maybe it's because the population is more concentrated and more mobile. In short, this disease is more lethal to China at this time than it was in another time and space!
There were three outbreaks in just two years, killing four to five million people!
Faced with three major epidemics in two years, as well as panic, transportation interruptions and supply shortages caused by the epidemic, the Ming court, eager to win, actually rejected the call for an armistice jointly made by the Holy Roman Empire and the French Republic, and planned to intensify its efforts. Expand the war!
The Emperor of the Ming Dynasty even believed that the plagues suffered by the Ming Dynasty were lighter than those suffered by the enemies. Therefore, a total mobilization plan of 10 million people was proposed, and a total of 10 million troops were planned to be deployed in the Middle East, India, and the New World in the next 18 months... in order to completely defeat the enemy, win the war, and lay the foundation for Thousands of years of hegemony.
If you consider it purely from a military perspective, this decision may be the right one!
But the Ming Dynasty War Cabinet ignored the people's hearts!
The Chinese people's hearts are different from those in the West...Chinese civilization believes in the unity of nature and man (although there is "The Last Chapter of Confucius", the idea of the unity of nature and man has long been imprinted in the bone marrow), and the Chinese civilization Civilization lacks a God who can take the blame for natural disasters.
In addition, the Zhu Ming Dynasty, which was extended by Emperor Chongzhen and Emperor Hongxian, developed to 500 years after Hongwu, and was no longer very popular.
This is because the Zhu Ming Dynasty has pursued the national policy of "only making sure that the people are well fed, regardless of their wealth" since the Chongzhen and Hongxian eras.
In the eyes of successive kings after Chongzhen, it was good for so many people to have enough to eat, but it was impossible to live a good life.
Therefore, the gap between the rich and the poor began to widen in the Ming Dynasty. The poor only have food and clothing, while the rich take most of the benefits.
This country is actually ruled by the northern warlords and the southern plutocrats. Although the warlords and the plutocrats sometimes have many conflicts, they are relatively consistent in oppressing the working people.
As a result, the people of Ming Dynasty did not think they could benefit much from the victory of the world war.
Besides, the world war has been won! The United Kingdom, the United States, Spain, the Ottomans and other Allied Powers have agreed to a ceasefire based on the existing fronts... Because the existing fronts are that the Ming side occupies a lot of the other side's land, so such an armistice is a victory for the Ming Dynasty!
But the Ming court still firmly refused.
Now the people are quitting! Some republicans also found an opportunity. In their view, the great plague that killed millions of people in two years was considered to be the king's misconduct and God's abandonment of the Zhu Ming Dynasty, which had existed for 550 years. ...
And at this crossroads of history, an even more terrible disaster befell the Zhu Ming Dynasty, which had notified the Emperor of China for 550 years!
The two heirs of the dynasty have died one after another in the past two years. One of the heirs died in a naval battle, while the other heir died of the Five-Day Plague this spring. Moreover, before the start of the world war, these two people publicly declared that "the Xiongnu is not destroyed, why do they call home?", so they did not have legal heirs... Although the Ming Dynasty had many side descendants who could enter the direct line of succession. But now the Zhu Ming Dynasty is in a state of turmoil. The emperor in power cannot withstand the blow of losing two sons and having no queen, and has fallen into madness. He completely ignores the people's will and wants to expand the war... forcing the cabinet and heaven and earth to will support his decision.
"Your Majesty...according to the "System of Inheritance of Emperor Ming's Industry", you should abdicate!"
In the Forbidden City of Nanjing, the last emperor of the Ming Dynasty, who was over 60 years old, was sitting on the throne. He looked at his ministers of civil and military affairs and the leaders of the Tiandihui with dull eyes, and said in a slow tone: "I abdicate... Then Who will take the throne? My sons are gone..."
"Your Majesty," a political prince from the Tiandihui wiped away tears, "Now outside the palace are people asking you to abdicate and realize a republic..."
"Are they going to rebel?" Emperor Ming looked very shocked.
"No," a general shook his head, "It's not a rebellion, it's a revolution!"
The emperor thought for a while, "Revolution...what should I do?"
"It's better... to retreat in order to advance! You first announce your abdication and let the provisional government take power, and then wait for the victory of the armistice to convene a constitutional conference to discuss the country." Prime Minister Ming whispered, "Now the troops on the front line I am also very dissatisfied with you. The large fleet stationed in Guangzhou Bay has lost control, and many warships are controlled by sailors!
If you insist on not retreating, you are afraid that like Rakshasa, a civil war will break out, and we will have no way to win the war! "
"Yes, if we lose the war, it will be all over!" said the Minister of War, "Your Majesty, there are still many people supporting the imperial court. As long as the war can be won, the royalists can still fight at the next Constituent Assembly. .....”
The emperor was silent again for a while, and finally sighed: "Okay, then, then I will abdicate...abdicate!"
Seeing this scene, Chongzhen's soul was so anxious that he almost went crazy. This emperor has lost his mind, how can he retreat now? Now that he has retreated, it will be difficult for Daming to come back! Even if the imperial system can be restored, the emperor will still be Lao Zhu's family, but it will not be the original Ming Dynasty.
So you must insist now. You, the emperor, should leave Nanjing and go to Beijing! You have to put on the posture of civil war, and at the same time quickly negotiate a peace with the Westerners, and the peace is 10%, and then give some benefits to win people's hearts, and at worst, give the Tiandihui a little more real power...
He was so anxious that he couldn't help it, so he rushed towards the faint king, trying to possess him, but he suddenly woke up from his dream, and he heard several familiar voices crying around him.
"Father, father, why can't you do it?"
"Father, you can't leave!"
"Father..."
What? Not working anymore? Zhu Youjian is in a hurry, why can't he do it? I still have 11 years left to live! Ancestor, I still want to give my last words so that my descendants will not abdicate!
Chongzhen wanted to shout, but he could no longer shout or speak. There was only darkness in front of his eyes... There seemed to be a voice in the dark: Five hundred and fifty years, this time When you are satisfied, let others do it too!
——————The book is finished!
