"Support the Rakshasa Kingdom?"
When Zhu Heji heard St. Philip's suggestion, he was slightly stunned and asked: "How to support it? The Rakshasa Kingdom is a die-hard ally of the Great Mongolia. That Peter Tsar even used the title of Golden Horde Khan given by Kangxi Khan to fight with me. Ming Dynasty. Will he become my enemy when he becomes stronger?"
"Hahaha..." St. Philip amused Zhu Heji. Are you kidding me? You are the devil Zhu! How dare Peter start a war with you? He thinks he is God?
"Philip, is what I said funny?" Zhu Heji looked at St. Philip and suddenly laughed, a little confused - he didn't know he was a devil! Although his soul travel is very strange and unscientific, it does not mean that he is a devil.
Saint Philip smiled and said: "Great Emperor, are you kidding me? How dare the Rakshasa Kingdom be your enemy? Even Louis XIV only dared to talk about containing the Ming Dynasty. If he really wanted to go to war with the Ming Dynasty, he would never dare to do so. of."
The Sun King is also afraid of the devil!
Louis XIV knew that his Sun King was imaginary and that matters on the sun were not his business. But the devil Zhu Heji is probably real... There is a real devil!
If there were no devils, where would so many advanced gadgets of natural magic come from?
Therefore, as long as Zhu Heji was alive, the Western colonists would not dare to challenge the Ming Dynasty. At most, they would fight a proxy war with the Ming Dynasty in the Americas and the Indian Ocean. This would have to be the Ming Dynasty taking the initiative to find trouble.
"Then Peter may not necessarily accept my support!" Zhu Heji added, "He worships God after all, and the Rakshasa nobles seem to admire the prosperity and progress of Europe and really want to join Europe!"
St. Philip nodded with a smile and said with a smile: "The Holy One is right. The Rakshasa nobles definitely want to join Europe, but it is not all because they admire the prosperity and progress of Europe, but because of the "Yuanjun" and "Yuanchen" ", "Original Law", "Original Confucianism", "Original People" and other books. If you want to act in accordance with it, then the Tsar will not be the dictatorial monarch of Rakshasa, and the nobles will not be the masters of Rakshasa serfs, and they will not be able to keep it. So much land! And the serfs of Rakshasa... I'm afraid they can't even be serfs. Of course, Peter's tsar will probably end first."
These works with the prefix "original" were all produced by Huang Zongxi and Emperor Zhu themselves... This Huang Zongxi had already taken office at the Chenghuang Yamen in Ningbo a few years ago! What a satisfying death! Not only could he be a city god, but almost all of his political dreams had come true for the devil Zhu Heji. Not only has it been achieved, but there are many more!
The core of Huang Zongxi's thoughts are "Yuanjun", "Yuanchen" and "Yuanfa". Zhu Heji also added "Yuanru" and "Yuanmin", and he also realized these great principles on paper one by one. Got it!
But these systems that Ming Dynasty can realize and run quite well will be messed up if they are taken away from Rakshasa. Because Zhu Heji's Ming Dynasty was actually not the old Ming Dynasty, but a new Ming Dynasty that started from scratch... It was actually a "revolutionary dynasty" that successfully rebelled!
The "revolutionary dynasty" that successfully rebelled did not form a strong interest group at the beginning...or in other words, the new interest groups that came to power also supported the redistribution of wealth. Because only through "redistribution" can they participate and get a share! If Zhu Heji protected the private property of the landlord class scholar-bureaucrats, where would those who followed Zhu Heji in the rebellion go to divide the land?
Those wealthy upper-class people who followed Zhu Heji in the rebellion, such as the Zheng family, the Qiu family, the Su family, the Yu family, and the Pang family, were all industrialists and merchants. The Zheng and Qiu families are pirates (maritime merchants), Mr. Yu’s family runs a sugar factory, and the Pang family runs a bank. These are all evil capitalists! Zhu Heji himself is also a big capitalist who pursues technological innovation. So this transition between the Ming and Qing Dynasties is a bourgeois revolution!
It was a revolution in which a group of armed bourgeoisie, headed by Zhu Heji, Zheng Jing, Qiu Hui, Yu Zhongxian, and Eunuch Pang, led the working people who were oppressed by the Qing government to launch a revolution, overthrow tyranny, and establish a bourgeois government!
This group of bourgeoisie does not have strong demand for land and peasants' lives. What they pursue is higher production efficiency, a larger market and more generous profits. Therefore, it is in the interest of the ruling group of the New Ming Dynasty to allocate land to clans and villages, deprive the feudal scholar-bureaucrat class of land possession, promote land to the tiller to the maximum extent, and speed up the reclamation of abandoned land to the maximum extent. .
The new Ming Dynasty, which came to power through violent revolution, also had enough authority to implement policies that would seriously harm the interests of the landlord class and scholar-bureaucrats... The Qing Dynasty was so ferocious and was driven away, who would dare to resist the new Ming Dynasty?
In addition, the ideas of equality and equal wealth did not arise suddenly. They began to sprout in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and it took two thousand years to slowly develop to the point where it is now.
However, there is no soil for equality and wealth sharing in the Rakshasa country of Peter I, and Peter I does not have such authority to enforce it. The Great Rakshasa has its own national conditions here. Let alone equalizing land like the Ming Dynasty, he would not dare to just abolish serfdom!
Therefore, even if Peter I envied the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty, he could not imitate the Ming Dynasty in carrying out reforms. He could only face the West.
Zhu Heji asked: "If Peter learns from the West, how can I support him? If Peter finally integrates into the West, wouldn't my support be in vain?"
St. Philip smiled and said: "Your Majesty, you asked two questions. The first is more complicated and the second is simpler. Please allow me to answer the second question first."
"Okay, let's talk about the possibility of Rakshasa integrating into the West? Rakshasa has always had this idea, right?"
In Zhu Heji's impression, the Rakshasa people seemed to really want to join the European family... If the US imperialism hadn't stopped them, they would have succeeded long ago.
"Your Majesty," St. Philip smiled, "I don't know what the Rakshasa people think, but I know that the Sun King Louis XIV will not accept Peter I as a member of the European civilized world in the end! He may in the short term He used Rakshasa to attack the Ottoman Empire, but as long as the Ottoman Empire was defeated, he would definitely kick Rakshasa out of the circle of the European civilized world."
Zhu Heji asked: "Why did Louis XIV do what he did?"
St. Philip smiled and asked: "Why do you want to send troops to Japan? Compared with the Ming Dynasty, Japan is probably far inferior to the Rakshasa compared to the Franks? The land of the Rakshasa is much larger than the Frankish mainland, even if it is only larger than the land in Europe , there are two or three times more Rakshasa than Frank. Although the population of Rakshasa is only 13 to 4 million, which is much less than the more than 50 million of Frank. But Rakshasa has so much land, in Odor During the Tsar's reign, he also took over the fertile left-bank Ukraine. If Rakshasa could get the land on the right-bank Ukraine and the Crimean Khanate during the siege of the Ottoman Empire... those would be warm and fertile lands. Ah! With fertile land, the population will grow very quickly."
Zhu Heji nodded and said thoughtfully: "The black land in Ukraine is indeed rich, but not warm...but the girls in Ukraine are indeed very beautiful, and there are also very beautiful beaches."
He had been to Ukraine several times in his previous life with his Russian and Ukrainian “teachers.” In the teacher's hometown, a seaside resort called Mariupol, I bought a very beautiful large villa for the teacher... I don't know what happened to the "teacher" later? Have you returned to your hometown?
"Your Majesty," St. Philip said to Zhu Heji with a smile, "the girls in Ukraine are indeed very beautiful, but there is no beach there because Ukraine has no coastline and the land along the coast belongs to the Crimean Khanate. If Rakshasa wants To truly become rich and powerful, in addition to necessary reforms, you must seize a warm and unfreezing outlet to the sea...and there are not many goals for Rakshasa to choose from. Go south to seize the Crimean Khanate's territory in the Black Sea, The territory along the Sea of Azov should be the first choice. After winning, the Rakshasa people will probably continue their efforts and go south to attack Istanbul, the capital of the Ottoman Empire. There was the former capital of the Eastern Roman Empire, Constantinople, and the Rakshasa Kingdom considered itself the successor. The legal system of the Eastern Roman Empire became the so-called Third Rome. Once the Rakshasa Kingdom seizes Istanbul and its surrounding lands, the Eastern Roman Empire will be resurrected, and the Rakshasa Kingdom will completely open the road to the sea. This country will It will soar into the sky and become a European superpower that can compete with the Frank Empire!
If such a day comes, then the Rakshasa Kingdom will replace the Ottoman Empire and stand on the front line against the Frank Empire. Therefore, we should plan ahead and establish a strong friendship with the Rakshasa Kingdom.
Of course, with the shrewdness of Sun King Louis, he would probably not allow the Rakshasa Kingdom to develop to the point where it could seize the capital of the Ottoman Empire... Before that, he would definitely kick Rakshasa out of the circle of European civilization. Even if he is gone, other Frankish emperors will definitely do the same.
Therefore, it is possible that ASEAN and Rakshasa will join forces to fight against the Frank Empire in the future! "
Zhu Heji thought for a while, and that seemed to be the case!
In history, when Mao Zi was preparing to seize Istanbul and destroy the Ottoman Empire, didn't the British Empire unite with Napoleon III of France to send troops to intervene and fight a Crimean War?
Thinking of this, Zhu Heji nodded and asked: "Then how should I support the Rakshasa Kingdom? Philip, don't forget, I also want to support ASEAN! At the same time, I bet on ASEAN and Rakshasa... ....This is not easy!”
Even the devil is sometimes troubled!
Today's Zhu Heji is a politician, military strategist, thinker, and magician, but he is not a diplomat... His "Ming Dynasty exceptionalism" is not diplomacy at all, but bullying. Moreover, he does not know the deep rules of European affairs in this era, and he has no talents in this field under his command.
Diplomatic talents such as Guo Youde, Huang Zhisheng, and Li Guangzu were okay in engaging in diplomacy with the Ottoman Empire, but when they met European powers, they would only use hard power to speak.
"No, it's not hedging your bets," St. Philip suggested. "You and the Ming Empire don't need to bet on the bright side... just continue to maintain a biased neutrality."
Zhu Heji asked in confusion: "Then how should ASEAN be formed?"
"You should push from behind." St. Philip made a gesture of pushing people off the cliff. "Hindustan has money, the Ottoman Empire has soldiers, and Persia and Hindustan have a common enemy...so ASEAN should The emperor of Hindustan took the lead and brought together the Ottoman Empire and the Persian Empire to form an alliance. In this alliance, Hindustan was responsible for providing money, Ottoman and Persia were responsible for sending troops, and Ming Dynasty just remained neutral and sold arms. In this way, Ming Dynasty would not He will be deeply involved, and he can also put all the money from Hindustan into Ming's pocket through the arms trade. Unless there is certainty of victory or other reasons to send troops, Ming will just stand behind the scenes."
St. Philip's idea coincides with Zhu Heji's.
Because Zhu Heji knew that Ottoman, Persia, and Hindustan were three pig teammates. Not only would Ming not be able to take advantage of an alliance with them, but it would also lead to premature involvement in wars in Europe or the Indian Ocean.
"What about Rakshasa?" Zhu Heji asked again, "Who should I send to cooperate with Rakshasa?"
"Your Majesty," St. Philip said with a smile, "some matters do not necessarily have to be handled by the imperial court or chambers of commerce, societies, and churches with obvious imperial backgrounds. They can also be handled by some clubs that have nothing to do with the Ming Dynasty. , trade, investment in industry and commerce, investment in education, sponsoring churches, buying powerful people and other means to support the Rakshasa Kingdom. For example, various monastic orders in Europe, some knights, some chambers of commerce in Italian city-states, and oh, there are also Jews Organizations often use this secret method to develop. If the Rakshasa Kingdom wants to follow the example of Western European progressive countries in reforming, then Peter I will definitely welcome investment and knowledge input from the outside... At this time, if A mysterious non-government-controlled party found him and was willing to provide help in exchange for some privileges and support, and I think he would be very willing."
Zhu Heji understands!
Europeans are good at engaging in secret activities! Firstly, they have many countries, so they can attack each other, and when there are many countries, it is more troublesome to attack them; secondly, because they are not very harmonious, sects and schools have to go underground and develop secretly. Over time, it became easier to engage in secret activities.
At this time, he suddenly thought of a secret society that would be famous in later generations and wrapped in various mysterious legends!
Zhu Heji whispered: "Philip, have you ever heard of a society called Freemasonry?"
"Freemasonry?" St. Philip shook his head, "I've never heard of it."
That means it hasn’t appeared yet? Zhu Heji thought to himself: "Then let's make a high imitation!"
Zhu Heji said with a smile: "Then we will set up a... In name, this is an ancient magic society, let's call it Freemasonry! Philip, otherwise, you will be the Freemasonry. The first chief helmsman!"
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