Nan Ming Sun Never Sets

From big to small
The term "Map Kaijiang" came from Bai Mingxiu, there is no doubt about it.

According to some people familiar with the situation, sometimes His Majesty the great Guangfu Emperor likes to write and draw on a huge world map, drawing lines that do not exist, and marking them such as "suitable for growing cotton" , "oil producing areas", "strategic key points" and other words.Some of these maps were transferred to the Ministry of War by the intelligence department, and the staff headquarters of the Ministry of War took these messy maps to look at. The staff members were very excited, feeling that they had grasped the spirit of His Majesty the Emperor.

Therefore, when making any external military plans, the people in the Ministry of War are confident. They believe that they are carrying out the sacred and inviolable will of His Majesty the Emperor. Outsiders think they are crazy or unrealistic. It is because they have not understood His Majesty's spirit. Due to some confidentiality principles, they would not explain it to the outside world, so the staff looked at those crazy people with pity.

But no matter what, it is obviously impossible for the Ministry of Military Affairs to turn Bai Mingxiu's circumnavigation around the world into a global occupation operation.Chiefs of the Ministry of War, such as Chief of the General Staff Tian Guang'an, know that this is false. The Ministry of War listed so many occupation and colonization plans at once, which is actually a bit of exorbitant price.

Xue Shuting frowned and said to Tian Guang'an: "Our Immigration Affairs Department is actively cooperating with other fraternal departments, and we are 100% implementing His Majesty's will, but we do not accept such nonsense from your Ministry of War. Your Majesty has repeatedly emphasized that, Colonial activities must be carried out according to our capabilities, depending on our actual needs, the people's ideas, and whether the economic balance is calculated. 90.00% of the new colony plan you proposed is unqualified."

Tian Guang'an smiled, and suddenly asked Gao Ning, "Comrade Xiao Gao, tell Shangshu Xue why we need these new colonies."

Gao Ning was suddenly named, but he didn't panic, but said eloquently: "Yes, the chief of the general staff. Let me talk about a few examples. For example, the Bengal colony can be well linked with the Myanmar Propaganda Department. It also provides flank protection for Uzbekistan; the colonies on the west coast of India can threaten the Mughal Empire and the Persian Safavid Dynasty, and connect us to the air route to Tianfang (Arabian Peninsula); the conditions of the East African colonies are very good, and there are pre-developed Necessary; the colony of South Africa was requested by His Majesty himself..."

Xue Shuting immediately interrupted Gao Ning and said, "Little Comrade Gao, I can give you reasons for every place in the world for the reasons you mentioned. To colonize, you need money, you need ships, you need stability. To support this stronghold by the route, manpower and people are needed, and these things are not something you can just pat your heads on."

Tian Guang'an wanted to take the conversation, but Gao Ning continued: "Xue Shangshu's words are true, but when we look at the colonial activities of European countries, they are basically relatively small-scale actions, and the time span is very long. The series of new colonies proposed by our Ministry of War are not all to build a huge and profitable propaganda department like Luzon and Burma. In some places, we just need to set up a few places and keep a small number of people, so as to establish the reality of our Ming Dynasty on the place. It’s all about control. Only colonies like South Africa are worthy of the Ministry of Immigration Affairs sending a large number of immigrants to them for large-scale and planned colonial development and economic construction. For example, colonies in India, Africa and some coastal areas of the Americas, In fact, we only need a small unit of garrison regiments, building castles, organizing markets, and operating facilities such as farming, animal husbandry and fisheries. If we need it in the future, we can further expand and build."

Xue Shuting was very surprised when he heard Gao Ning's words.In fact, even Tian Guangan was very surprised, because what Gao Ning said was not consistent with the plan of the Ministry of War.The Ministry of War has long been prepared to delete most of the colonial proposals, and only keep some key places.But what Gao Ning said seems to be very reasonable.

The plan for more than 20 colonies has changed from requiring the cooperation of the Ministry of Immigration Affairs to the Ministry of War's own business.Although the transfer and arrangement of the garrison regiment required His Majesty's approval, the Ministry of War has the leadership over the garrison regiment.And the most powerful thing is that the Garrison Corps has independent economic capabilities, and economic entities such as farms and even commercial companies can be built in the Garrison area to conduct trade or production.In this way, the garrison was self-sustaining.

Xue Shuting thought for a while and said, "It's not written in this way in your plan. It seems that you plan to build every colony into the style of Shanghai and Guangzhou. However, Comrade Xiao Gao's proposal is not unfeasible. If the Ministry of War can refine the plan to develop some colonies with a small garrison regiment, our immigration affairs department is willing to come forward to coordinate and see how to get Dayang Company, Tianzhu Company and other immigration affairs companies to cooperate."

When Tian Guang'an heard Xue Shuting's words, he secretly scolded the old fox in his heart. The Department of Immigration Affairs is unwilling to do things that require money and effort.However, if the hardest and most tiring work is done by the Garrison Corps, the Garrison Corps has laid down a new colony, then built forts, towns, ports, and finally formed an economic settlement that can be lived, and the Immigration Affairs Department can change hands. Where to send immigrants and further expand the colony, this is something that does not require you to invest in yourself, but you can enjoy the benefits later, so why not do it.

Gao Ning also suggested to Tian Guang'an at this time: "Chief of the General Staff, in fact, these small colonies are not only beneficial to the expansion of our Ming Dynasty, but also beneficial to our economy. These things are most suitable for Dayang Company, Tianzhu Company, Dahuang Company and Dahuang Company. Discuss with the relevant people who started the company.”

These four companies are the four colonial companies under the Ming State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission. The main business of Dayang Company is in the Pacific Ocean, and the Tianzhu Company is in the Indian Ocean. Both Dahuang Company and Dakai Company have just been established. Dahuang Company is mainly engaged in African colonial business. The full name is the Atlantic Exploration Company, mainly engaged in the colonization of the Americas and Europe.

To put it bluntly, the four major colonial companies are actually much richer than their leader, the Department of Immigration Affairs. After all, Bai Mingxiu directly used the system's gold and other human and material resources to fill it, and the four companies are also very aggressive. Son wants to open up colonies and new businesses.

When Xue Shuting heard it, the Ministry of Military Affairs wanted to directly pull the four major colonial companies away from their Immigration Affairs Department to do it alone!

(End of this chapter)