"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, wake up quickly!"
Prime Minister Zuo of the Ming Dynasty, Zhuge Weidao, King of Ji, was awakened from his sweet sleep by this urgent and sweet voice. This distinguished and powerful Prime Minister of the Ming Dynasty just celebrated his 60th birthday yesterday.
In the past twenty years or so, this Prime Minister has been very proud of his life and has gone smoothly... Oh, if we count further back, it seems that except for when he was the attaché of the embassy in Petersburg 35 years ago, Except for being shot in the head for no reason, he has always been smooth in his life. Even the shot in the head "exchanged" him for a wishful beauty, Grand Duchess Natalie. The two have been happily married for more than thirty years and have raised five children of love together. Moreover, this somewhat "lascivious" female Grand Duchess did not stop Zhuge from taking concubines for Taoism, and she also had a close relationship with Prime Minister Zhuge's concubines, which was really a happy time. With the joint efforts of Zhuge Weidao and Natalie, their family has grown larger and larger. Now it has developed into a husband, a wife, six concubines, and fifteen children. What a big happy family!
In addition to his happy family, Zhuge Weidao's career is also going very smoothly. He retired from active service at the age of fifty-five with the rank of Admiral. At that time, he had been serving as the Minister of the Navy for several years. At the same time, he had also become the chief military advisor of the Zhuge family's military division. He also received the full support of the Civic Party, the largest party in the political council controlled by the Zhuge family. Therefore, after retiring from active service, he was naturally elected as the Right Prime Minister of the Ming Dynasty. Three years later, another one was appointed, replacing Mu Zhongjun who resigned due to improper handling of the economic crisis. He became the Prime Minister of the Ming Dynasty and held this position until today.
But if anyone thinks that everything has been smooth sailing for him over the past twenty-seven years, that is not necessarily the case.
The first thing that made him unhappy was that the Second World War he was looking forward to did not start as scheduled!
When the "Havana Peace Treaty" was signed, Zhuge Weidao pinched his fingers and calculated again and again, feeling that this peace could barely last for twenty years at most, and World War II would break out! However, his prediction came to nothing six years ago... During the forty-four years of peace, the entire world was immersed in an atmosphere of prosperity and stability, and there was no intention of fighting a world war.
At that time, the entire world experienced long-term prosperity and stability under the combined influence of new technologies, new industries, new economies, and long-term peace and stability. Even the United States and Britain, which were defeated in the last war, are experiencing heated situations.
Among them, the huge debt of 8.88 billion in the United States was paid off in 40 years of peace...and it was paid off with interest, a dime or less in advance!
Originally, Zhuge Weidao thought that the United States would end up like Germany, which failed in World War I in another timeline! Who knows, but I still underestimate the United States too much...The United States is the chosen country!
In the fifth year after the signing of the Treaty of Havana, the United States got rid of the post-war recession and began to move towards positive growth due to the discovery and exploitation of the large oil field in Ohio.
At the same time, the vast land of the United States also told all those who looked down upon her what the "Chosen Country" was - while the United States abolished black slavery and allocated land to free blacks in accordance with the Treaty of Havana, the U.S. Congress also Based on the principle that "blacks and whites are all human beings", the American Recovery Homestead Act was passed and began to allocate farmland free of charge to all Americans, including new Americans who had just arrived in this country by ship - as long as They can develop and utilize the farmland within 24 months after receiving it, and if certain conditions are met, the land they receive will be theirs forever!
Driven by the Homestead Act, poor people from Europe flocked to the United States like a tide, and American agriculture miraculously quickly emerged from the shadow of abolition, and soon became the world's largest producer of wheat and cotton. , tobacco, butter, beef, wool, cowhide and other agricultural and animal husbandry products exporting countries.
The large amount of exported oil and agricultural and animal husbandry products not only provided the United States with enough funds to repay war reparations, but also gave the United States spare capacity to develop its industry and infrastructure...railways, highways, power stations, and power grids. , ports, cities, and various factories have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain. Instead of being de-industrialized after its defeat, the United States quickly realized industrialization.
By the 1850s, the United States had replaced the United Kingdom and became the world's second largest industrial country!
The population of the United States has also increased by one and a half times, from the original 20 million to 50 million!
What is even more unexpected than Zhuge Weidao is that the rapidly growing United States has been obediently obeying the world order led by the Ming Dynasty, completely unable to see what ambition this country has to dominate the world? Her army and navy did not even reach the scale stipulated in the Treaty of Havana. Relations with Mexico, Spain, the United Kingdom, Ming Dynasty, and Japan have also been maintained well...
Similar to the good performance of the United States, the United Kingdom has also been a well-behaved and obedient "Little Ming Dynasty" in the past 27 years. Queen Victoria did not have any interest in leading the country except giving birth and taking care of her children. And Zhu Xi became the real king of the United Kingdom and the emperor of India...and the one who held real power! Although he did not personally govern, he could replace the British Prime Minister and the Indian Prime Minister at will, issue decrees, dissolve parliament, and interfere with the judiciary. According to the British themselves, this is simply Henry VIII coming back again!
Of course, Zhu Xi will not divorce or kill his wife like Henry VIII. His relationship with Victoria can still withstand the test of time... He doesn't even have a mistress! Moreover, the two gave birth to 10 children together, 5 of whom were sons. Although 3 of them were in poor health, there was no shortage of heirs in the Great British Xiao Ming Dynasty.
Under the leadership of Zhu Xi, the British Empire gradually emerged from the economic crisis caused by defeat and civil war... After all, India can still donate blood to the British Empire!
The Indian people tighten their belts and have everything!
In addition, the industrialization of the United States, as well as the industrialization and military confrontation between the Roman Republic, the Roman Empire, and the German Empire on the European continent, also sent orders and capital to Britain.
Therefore, the British economy has entered an upward path of prosperity and growth since the 1840s...
By the way, the economies of the Roman Republic, the Roman Empire, and the German Empire, which were confronting each other on the European continent, were actually very good—these three countries were in confrontation, and business was still going on. Especially the Roman Empire... that Rakshasa. After taking over Constantine, Rumelia, Moldavia, Wallachia, and fostering a powerful Serbia, he began to Reforms to abolish serfdom were carried out and achieved good results.
In short, everything looks good, and the Ming Dynasty, which has seized world leadership, is of course the biggest beneficiary of the twenty-seven-year post-war prosperity. The economy has always been in a high degree of prosperity, which seems to have no end... ...
Zhuge Weidao yawned, woke up from a recliner in his prime minister's office, looked at his female secretary Fu Shanxiang Fu Dacainv, and asked with a smile: "My talented woman, is it time to get off work? We are tonight Would you like to go to Daikokuya and have dinner together?”
The talented girl Fu with beautiful features glared at Zhuge Weidao angrily, and then said to him: "Your Majesty, the Shanghai Stock Exchange just called. Today's stock market has plummeted, and the stock index has fallen by 21% in one day!"
