Yuexiu Palace, go to the study room.
This study room located in a palace halfway up Yuexiu Mountain was where Zhu Heji worked in Yuexiu Palace and summoned ministers and foreign envoys.
On the morning after Zhu Heji received the memorials from Tu Hai and Wu Guogui, he held a meeting here to discuss the international situation.
Since we are going to discuss the international situation, of course we must have a globe that allows everyone to intuitively feel what this international society is like!
So Zhu Heji asked Nalan Xingde to find someone to bring an extra large rotating globe. At the beginning of the meeting, Zhu Hexian led the left and right prime ministers, left and right military advisers, six ministers and others to watch the globe together. Zhuge Zhengyang, the right military advisor, was holding a stick and explaining the situation on the earth to everyone while turning the globe... The situation seemed to be quite serious.
"Today's world is full of powerful countries and great states are rising together! Although our tomorrow's dynasty is large, it cannot be ranked first in the world in terms of land area alone!"
As Zhuge Zhengyang said this, he pointed out the big star on the ball to everyone.
The Ming Dynasty was certainly big, but it was not the largest country.
The Ming Dynasty on the globe roughly includes all the territory of later China except the Yeerqiang and the Snowy Plateau, plus the Khalkha Mongolia, part of the Ili Grassland (part of Kazakhstan), and a large area around Lake Baikal. A large area of outer Northeast China, as well as the eastern coastal areas of East Siberia, and the Korean Peninsula...these are all lands under direct jurisdiction and internal vassals. That’s almost more than 10 million square kilometers.
In addition, the Ming Dynasty also owned several foreign lands such as Japan, Ryukyu, Luzon, and Myanmar, with a total area of approximately more than one million square kilometers... Among them, the Luzon Islands have not yet been occupied by the Japanese mercenaries of the Ming Dynasty. Completely suppressed. Although the city of Manila had been captured, the Spaniards and local indigenous people still occupied some forts and islands and continued to resist. However, since the Spanish Kingdom was unable to assist its Philippine colonies, it was only a matter of time before the entire Luzon was completely controlled by the Ming Dynasty. So on this globe, the Luzon Islands have been marked with the colors of the Ming Dynasty.
The reason why it is an external vassal is because Zhu Heji does not intend to expand the Ming Dynasty's territory endlessly. In his plan, to capture Xueyu and Yeerqiang, 13 to 4 million square kilometers is enough. . After all, in the foreseeable future, telegraphs and telephones will not appear. If the country is made too big, it will be difficult to govern.
The more feasible model of returning to the Celestial Dynasty divided all the land controlled by the Ming Dynasty into three levels: direct provinces, inner vassals, and outer vassals, and adopted different governance models.
"The largest country in the world today is the Kingdom of Spain... The red and yellow stripes on the globe are the Kingdom of Spain! It includes mainland Spain, the Spanish Netherlands, the Spanish territories in Italy, and The so-called Kingdom of New Spain is a land centered on Mexico City and stretching for more than 20,000 miles from north to south!”
After Zhuge Zhengyang finished introducing the Ming Dynasty, he pointed at the map of the Spanish World Empire and introduced the country with the largest territory in the world!
Although Spain has long been in decline, its territory is still vast, with a total land area of more than 20 million square kilometers. Moreover, the land of New Spain has the largest silver mine in the world today, is rich in gold, and produces brown sugar that has become the ultimate military material!
"The second largest country in the world today is the Kingdom of France! It's the big white area on the map... The white painted land in the southeast of Tianzhu is also the territory of France." Zhuge Zhengyang finished talking about Spain, Then France was brought out!
France is in an era of awesomeness now!
King Louis XIV of France is known as the Sun King. France has the most powerful army on the European continent and the largest population among European countries. France also has a large colony!
On the North American continent, except for the territory in the south that belongs to New Spain, the east coast belongs to England, and the west coast is blank territory. The rest are French colonies - although this colony has a small population, its area is huge, at least more than 10 million square kilometers, which is definitely larger than the Ming Dynasty and the Rakshasa Kingdom!
"The third and fourth largest countries in the world today should be the Rakshasa Kingdom and the Great Mongolia...the territories of these two countries should be between equals." Zhuge Zhengyang said, "Although the Rakshasa Tsar He accepted the title of Golden Horde Khan given by Kangxi Khan, but did not surrender to Great Mongolia, so Great Mongolia and Rakshasa are not the same country. The relationship between the two countries is very close now. Kangxi Khan's new queen Sofia is the Rakshasa Tsar Peter's sister. It is reported that Sofia is also very powerful in the Rakshasa Kingdom, and Peter has a very good relationship with Kangxi Khan. So although Rakshasa maintains neutrality on the surface and is not one of the Eight Kingdoms, its actual position must be Pro-G8 Alliance!”
Zhuge Zhengyang paused, then pointed to the two red islands on the map on the edge of the European continent and said: "This is the Kingdom of England... Although England's land area is not as large as Spain, France, Mongolia and Rakshasa only has Britain, Ireland, and the east coast of the New World, and it has also occupied a lot of territory in the southeast of Tianzhu. But when it comes to national power and navy, it is enough to rank among the top three in Christian Europe, even a little stronger than Spain."
Then Zhuge Zhengyang pointed to the purple Portugal next to Spain and said: "This is Portugal... Although the country's territory in Europe is not large, it also has some territory in the southern continent of the New World and southwest Tianzhu."
"This is the Republic of the Netherlands... The country's territory is not large, but it is a prosperous place. Its local industry and commerce is known as the first in Europe, its overseas territories are rich in spices, and it also controls the Strait of Malacca. In the place of throat, the strength cannot be underestimated.”
After Zhuge Zhengyang finished speaking, Holland pointed the wooden stick at the northwest area of Rakshasa Kingdom, "This is Sweden...the territory is not small in Europe, but it is a bitter cold land and the population is not large. . But elite soldiers come from remote areas! Their army is still very capable of fighting and can be ruthless. This time during the war in Southern Tianzhu, they did a lot of burning, killing and looting, and also robbed a large area of land."
After talking about Sweden, he pointed to the yellow area in the middle of the Apennine Peninsula on the map and said: "These are the so-called Papal States... They have a small territory, a small population, and no army. However, all Western countries believe in What kind of religion does Heavenly Father and Heavenly Brother teach? This pope is the one who speaks for Heavenly Father and Heavenly Brother in the human world, so he is very good at instigating!"
After Zhuge Zhengyang finished talking about the situation of the countries in the Eight-Nation Alliance, the ministers in the study room of Yuexiu Palace were speechless for a moment... It seemed that the enemies of Ming Dynasty were many and big!
These eight countries, plus Rakshasa, almost cover most of the land on the globe... And the Ming Dynasty still wants "glorious isolation", is that okay?
Everyone turned their attention to Zhu Heji, but Zhu Heji just smiled and said: "The Eight-Nation Alliance is naturally not weak. Even with the strength of our Ming Dynasty, it is impossible to destroy them one by one... and I cannot allow any country to dominate the European continent! Just like I cannot allow anyone to dominate Tianzhu!
Because Europe has a large population and prosperous industry and commerce, once a powerful country appears that can dominate, it will definitely join the power of Europe and become China's eternal enemy... As for whether the country is Ottoman or French, it is actually the same. . Therefore, I will not support or allow any country to unify Europe, nor will I support or allow any country to unify Tianzhu. I am very satisfied with the current state of division between Europe and India! This is why I do not agree with the alliance between the Ming Dynasty and the Ottoman Empire and the Hindustan Empire.
And I also feel that New Spain and New France are too big. Now because the population is too small, their power is limited, but given time, they will definitely have a bright future! Therefore, the national policy of the Ming Dynasty is to march into the New World and destroy New Spain and New France! "
