"Baizai, do you know this "Warring States Policy"? According to the above records, there was a Shanxi Laokeng named Fan Ju who said to King Zhao of Qin: It is better for the king to make friends far away and attack close by. If you gain an inch, you will be a king. If you gain a ruler, you will be a king. That’s a lot of distance! Spain, the Netherlands, and the Holy See are all very far away, so we should have long-distance relations..."
As soon as the three foreign devils left, King Zhu Tian told his son about the allusions of distant friendship and close success.
In the view of traditional Chinese politicians like Zhu Tianwang, this rabbit should just eat grass on the side of the nest. It is impossible to leave the enemies around him without fighting, and go all the way to mess with Spain and the Netherlands!
Even hitting Luzon is too far, let alone the New World... I had never heard of it in the early years. It was only in the past few years that he followed his son around and finally became more knowledgeable. Only then did he realize that the earth is round, the sky is empty, and there is a huge new continent on the other side of the earth.
Moreover, this new world has mountains of gold and silver, and it is extremely rich. It is a good place to "do justice for heaven"!
However, although the oil and water in the New World are large, the distance is too far!
Moreover, the biggest enemy of the Ming Dynasty is still the Beiqing. The Beiqing is not completely dead yet, so how can it provoke powerful enemies from far away?
Of course Zhu Heji knew what King Zhu Tian was thinking. But in his opinion, Spain is the real enemy of tomorrow's dynasty!
Because Spain has a vast colony of New Spain... At present, about half of the New World of America belongs to New Spain!
This is simply a heinous crime!
More than three million square kilometers of the land will become part of the American Empire in the future - including California and Texas, the two later "American states."
If the United States lost California, Texas, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, Wyoming and other states, would it still be beautiful? Can it still be rock solid?
If there is another Chinese state that is not suitable for the United States, it will appear on the territory of the above-mentioned states. Then the United States will always be a regional power.
And if China could have a powerful state located on the west coast of America. That day the empire would have the opportunity to turn the entire Pacific Ocean into its own inner lake.
The hegemony of the Celestial Dynasty will last forever!
Compared with the Western Regions, the Snowy Plateau, the Mongolian Grassland, and the Outer Northeast, which are close to each other but have high development costs and high maintenance costs, a country on the west coast of America is really too exciting for Zhu Heji. .
Moreover, territories such as the Western Region, Snowy Region, Mongolia, and Outer Northeast cannot be escaped. Except for the Rakshasa Kingdom, no one can compete with the Ming Dynasty. The main development direction of the Rakshasa Kingdom is still in the west, and it is impossible to fight with the Ming Dynasty in the east for these bad lands.
Therefore, Zhu Heji had plenty of time and could take his time. But there are not many opportunities to easily capture large areas of western New Spain... Zhu Heji knew that in the near future, there would be a war of succession to the Spanish throne.
Once the Bourbons take control of Spain, the Ming Dynasty's attack on New Spain may involve the powerful France!
Although the Ming Dynasty was more powerful than France, the power it could devote to the other side of the ocean was limited.
France, on the other hand, may take advantage of the opportunity of aiding New Spain to invest heavily in the New World. After all, Spain has been operating in the New World for more than a hundred years, controlling tens of millions of indigenous people, as well as hundreds of thousands of Hispanic white people, and has the ability to provide logistical support for a large number of French troops.
Therefore, Zhu Heji wanted to attack New Spain before the War of Spanish Succession took place!
Additionally, he knew that a great opportunity would arise in the next few years.
This opportunity was the Ottoman Empire's siege of Vienna!
If the Ottoman Empire could win this war. Then, the situation in Europe as a whole will change dramatically.
By that time, the entire Christian world had to concentrate its efforts to deal with the westward expansion of the Ottoman Empire.
If the Ming Empire launched an attack on New Spain at this time, it would most likely achieve major goals at a small cost.
Because the Spaniards will not put New Spain above Europe, especially Rome...even though New Spain is their future!
Thinking of this, he smiled and said to King Zhu Tian: "Abba, I know that Spain and the Netherlands are far away. But they still traveled thousands of miles to reach our doorstep. They also brought strong ships and cannons, which shows their ambition. It is so vast and the threat is so great. As the lord of the Celestial Dynasty and the leader of the Eastern countries, An Ke can ignore it?
Moreover, most of the silver and gold that Westerners use to buy our silk, porcelain, sugar, perfume, etc. comes from New Spain! "
"This..." King Zhu Tian was a little tempted when he thought of gold and silver.
At this moment, another guard came to report: "Huang Zhisheng wants to see you."
"Announce." Zhu Heji immediately asked someone to announce the "diplomat" he was optimistic about to the South Study Room.
Huang Zhisheng made great contributions to the Ming Dynasty's recovery of Shandong this time. In addition, he lurked in the enemy camp for many years, and his hard work was really not small. So this time, Xin Huihou was banned directly! It can be said that people feel refreshed when happy events occur, and his current mood is extremely high. When I bowed and bowed, I had a smile on my lips.
"Please sit down!" Zhu Heji quickly asked someone to bring him a chair, and said with a smile, "This was Kangxi's south study room. Everything is good except that there are a few chairs."
"Your Majesty," Huang Zhisheng lifted up his official robe and sat down on the chair, "I come to the South Study not just once or twice. Every time I come, I kneel down to answer. How can I have a chance to sit down? It's better for you to come here, Your Majesty."
"Monarchs and ministers are teachers and friends!" Zhu Heji said with a smile, "Why do teachers and friends need to kneel down and kowtow frequently? Zhi Sheng, you should talk about this principle more when you go to Europe... If you have the conditions, you should also have one Newspapers, publicize Confucian principles."
"Going to Europe?" Huang Zhisheng didn't react at once. He tried hard to think about it, but he still didn't remember that there was such a state capital in the Ming Dynasty.
"It's the European continent to the west, do you understand?"
"I know, I know." Huang Zhisheng realized now, "The Holy One is talking about the continent of Europa."
Zhu Heji said with a smile: "Yes! It's not easy to handle the errands of visiting Europe. After much deliberation, I think you are the only one who can go out and bring an envoy... It's really hard on you."
"It's not hard, it's not hard." Huang Zhisheng said with a smile, "How can you be afraid of hardship when doing things for your Majesty? Your Majesty, do you want me to visit the Rakshasa Kingdom?"
"Rakshasa is indeed going."
Huang Zhisheng smiled and said: "Speaking of this Rakshasa country, they and Qingyao should be enemies... There are always fights over there in Heilongjiang. General Ning Guta will report the Rakshasa invasion from time to time. It's very... Difficult.
In addition, far away in the Western Region, there have always been conflicts between Zhungeer and Rakshasa people. "
Huang Zhisheng is actually a Rakshasa!
"Rakshasa is just the first stop on your way to the west," Zhu Heji said. "After you meet Tsar Peter, you can go to the Ottoman Empire... and try to meet their Sultan or Grand Vizier.
Then go and see the Pope in Rome... They keep sending people to see me, but I haven't sent anyone back to visit me once.
After meeting the Pope, you go to France to meet King Louis of France. Then he went to the Netherlands to meet William III, and finally to England. "
Huang Zhisheng said: "Your Majesty, this big circle... can't it be better to come back in two or three years?"
Zhu Heji half-joked, "Are you afraid of hardship and tiredness?"
Huang Zhisheng shook his head, "I'm not afraid, but I just feel it's a little too far..."
Huang Zhisheng then asked: "Your Majesty, I have come so far, is there anything important?"
While he was asking questions, he was also guessing in his mind that he was going to unite with Russia to destroy the Qing Dynasty, right?
"Of course!" Zhu Heji nodded, "Zhisheng, you have a lot of things to do here...but you didn't join forces with Russia to destroy the Qing Dynasty."
"Didn't you unite with Russia to destroy the Qing Dynasty?" Huang Zhisheng was stunned, "Then who should we deal with?"
"Deal with Spain!" Zhu Heji said with a smile, "We have to set up a big trap for Spain!"
Chapter 660: A distant friendship and a close attack? No, the prey is New Spain! (Please vote for me, please subscribe)
