Daoguang finally became enlightened!
For so many years, the rulers of the Jin Kingdom thought that the one who could destroy them was either the Ming Dynasty in the east or the Rakshasa in the west.
Therefore, Daijin’s national policy is to guard against the Ming Dynasty and Rakshasa. On the one hand, we still maintain friendship with the two families and maintain a balance between the two families.
Sometimes they have to act as peacemakers between the two families - the Kingdom of Jin never thinks that it can provoke a fight between the Ming Dynasty and the Rakshasa and then profit from it. Moreover, those emperors and ministers of the Great Jin Kingdom who were able to calculate could figure out that no matter how good the Ming Dynasty and Rakshasa were, they would not be so good that they would join forces to carve up the Great Gold.
Thanks to the efforts of several generations of Daijin monarchs and ministers, neither the Ming Dynasty nor the Rakshasa have any intention of destroying Daijin. Moreover, the borders of the three families are also very stable. The boundaries have been demarcated and there is no dispute. Anyway, Daijin Just take a small loss. Moreover, Daikin went on to "print" to please the Ming Dynasty, and then used the opportunity of working as a mercenary for Rakshasa to please the Tsar. It even eased relations with Britain after defeating the British-Indian Army that invaded Afghanistan. In the end, with the acquiescence of the three families, Persia became its own vassal. It can be said that it is definitely a win!
And just when Emperor Daoguang thought he had broken the "dragon trap" of Dayin, Zhuge Weidao gave him a slap and "revealed" the secret calculated by King Zhuge Wuzhong, the ancestor of the Zhuge family. ——The Seal of the Dead Gold!
And he explained it very clearly!
At least it sounds to Daoguang, it is completely feasible.
After working hard for generations, we are still going to die! And he also had to die to the "Third Brother" whom the Kingdom of Jin never looked down upon. This is not possible! In order to still have the Emperor of Jin after Xuantong, Daoguang did not care about the plastic brotherhood with brother William, and immediately asked: "Sir, tell me, how should this matter be resolved? Do you want me to be a big brother?" The Kingdom of Jin will open a large troop transport channel for you? Transport its 108,000 elite soldiers to the Persian Gulf?"
Daoguang was quite particular. He only talked about troop transportation channels, but did not mention sending troops directly...
Zhuge Weidao waved his hand and said with a smile: "There is no need for a large troop transport channel. As it is now, we can just replenish some weapons and ammunition."
Daoguang frowned slightly, "My dear fellow, do you want me, the Kingdom of Jin, to send troops? This is... William is dead and the land is divided, and William is not dead yet! William is my half-father who I have never met. What a great big brother!"
Of course, Daoguang's refusal to send troops was not because of his feelings for William, but because he was very aware of the progress of the British-Indian Army after the Battle of Peshawar! Although Daikin defeated the British-Indian Army by relying on the advanced weapons and equipment supported by the Ming Dynasty and the advanced "Bagua Machine Gun Formation", the "British" in the "British-Indian Army" is the second industrialized country in the world, and the "Indian" It is the second most populous country and the second most agricultural country in the world. These two countries combined become the British Empire!
The strength of the British Empire cannot be challenged by Dai Jin at all. Dai Jin can take advantage of the time when the British Empire is dozing off and support Daming to touch the tiger's butt, but now Daying has woken up. Previously, by providing military aid and military advisors, they made the Rakshasa Kingdom suffer greatly in the Battle of Adrianople and lost the opportunity to capture Constantinople, which already showed their strength.
"There is no need for you to send troops now," Zhuge Weidao said to Daoguang with a smile, "Brother Daoguang, you are so friendly and loyal, how can we force you to be a villain?"
"Then what should I do?" Daoguang looked at Zhuge Weidao, gently twirling the wine glass, with a kind smile on his face - at first glance, he was a kind-hearted man who had been engaged in the emperor's career for many years.
Zhuge Weidao said: "Of course you should tell Emperor William everything you can find out about our Ming Dynasty's next military strategy."
"This..." Daoguang was startled and immediately said innocently, "But we have never asked about the military strategy of the Ming Dynasty!"
Zhuge Weidao smiled and said: "Brother Daoguang, you can do the math... Calculate, you can count! How will we fight next?"
"Calculate?"
Zhuge Weidao nodded, "That's right! Just count with your fingers and you'll know everything!"
"Okay," Daoguang put down his glass and smiled, "Then I'll forget it!"
As he said that, he pinched his fingers and started counting. After counting his fingers for a while, Daoguang nodded and said, "Yes!"
"Tell me about it." Zhuge Weidao asked.
Daoguang said: "You guys, it is impossible to attack the Indian mainland in the next step. Because the Indian Empire has hundreds of thousands of troops anyway. With your 8,000 or 8,000 troops in the Persian Gulf, it will be useless to land. And the Indian Empire has hundreds of thousands of troops." The railway...the railway tracks are still very dense, and the army can be mobilized quickly. In addition, their first and second Indian fleets have also returned to defense."
"Good calculation!" Zhuge Weidao asked with a smile, "Then where will I hit next?"
In fact, Zhuge Weidao himself didn't know the answer.
His mission out of the Indian Ocean this time was to attract the main force of the British and Indian fleets to the western Indian Ocean to cooperate with the Ming and Japanese coalition forces in executing the Malayan campaign plan.
This task is now completed, but... Zhuge Weidao feels that he can do better. But he didn't know what to do for a moment, so he simply asked Emperor Daoguang, who opened his eyes to "calculate the world," for advice.
The current fat Daoguang is much more powerful than the thin Daoguang in history. He knows the situation of the Western powers very well... He even knows Victoria's horoscope!
"I'm doing the math..." Daoguang really started counting with his fingers, and after a while he was done, "I figured it out... Brother Dao, your next step is to hit the Su Yinshi Canal." ! Your father-in-law wrote a book "On the Navy" during his lifetime, and he proposed that a sea power fleet must aim at controlling the key nodes of world shipping. The Suinshi Canal and the Strait of Malacca are undoubtedly the most important in the world. Two key shipping nodes. Whoever masters these two nodes will control the chokepoint of trade between the East, India, and the West.
The Strait of Malacca belongs to the Ming Dynasty. If you take the Suins Canal... then the trade between India and Britain will have to go around Africa. Although it is not impossible to go around Africa, the cost will be high. Much more, and the difficulty of escorting will also increase exponentially. India's industrialization has just begun. Without raw materials and components from the UK, it would be impossible to achieve success. Therefore, once the Su Yinshi Canal and the Strait of Malacca are controlled by the Ming Dynasty, and the losses on the African routes are too great, India's industrialization process will be interrupted! "
"Okay!" Zhuge Weidao couldn't help but provoke Brother Thumb, "Good calculation! Brother Daoguang, your calculation is so accurate! I came all the way here just to grab the Su Yinshi Canal!
Brother Daoguang, who in your family is in India now? "
Daoguang smiled and said: "He Zhongtang accompanied my son Xianfeng on his visit to India...the purpose is to mediate the conflict between Ming Dynasty and India."
"Then there are Lao and Zhongtang and... and Xianfeng's nephew!" Zhuge Weidao said, "ask them to tell Emperor William that we not only want to liberate India, but also the Su Yinshi Canal!"
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The capital of the Indian Empire, Bombay.
In the palace of Elephant Island, Emperor William, who once again embarked on the road of personal expedition due to the bombing of Bombay some time ago, suddenly heard from the mouth of Yi Wei, the "candidate Xianfeng" of the Kingdom of Jin who secretly and hurriedly visited, what really made him feel News of fear.
"What, what did you say?" Emperor William looked at the pudgy young oriental boy in front of him and asked hurriedly.
Of course, this little fat man is Daikin's only candidate for Xianfeng - now Daoguang is his only precious son!
"Your Majesty the Emperor," the only candidate Xianfeng said to Emperor William in curry-flavored English, "according to the reliable information obtained by our country's intelligence department, the real goal of the Ming Empire is to occupy the Strait of Malacca and the Su Yins Canal! And this plan has already been It has been carried out for many years, and they have been plotting it secretly since before the Su Yinshi Canal was excavated!"
