Nan Ming Sun Never Sets

Chapter 541 Concerning the European Conference
Bai Mingxiu asked Zhang Huangyan very seriously: "What's the cabinet's idea? To warn the Principality of Prussia and put diplomatic pressure on it?"

Hou Xiaoqun, the Minister of War, shook his head and said: "I'm afraid it won't work. Although the Ming Dynasty's national power is constantly increasing, the strength of European countries has also increased significantly. We haven't carried out such activities as false threats for a long time, and we have deployed in Gibraltar and Morocco's military strength does not make Europeans too worried. Our best method is naval blockade, but it cannot control anything on the mainland. Prussia is still very determined to unify North Germany this time. Even if it means that we A short-term blockade, but as long as we don't send troops into the land, Prussia can still slowly digest its gains."

Song Chongdao, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry: "Prussia's major trade is actually aimed at the German states, especially Austria. Over the years, Austria has confronted the Western Qing Dynasty and imported a large amount of industrial products from Prussia, including weapons and equipment. Austria has obtained a lot of funds. In fact, the interests of maritime trade are mainly monopolized by us and the Dutch, and the Prussians did not earn much."

Bai Mingxiu sighed, and said: "After a long time of trouble, our Ming Dynasty, as the world's most powerful country, will be rejected by other countries. This is too bad."

Zhang Huangyan said with a smile: "We still have to do what we need to do, but it's hard to say how effective it is. We are only here to prepare for the worst. The situation in Europe will evolve into something we don't want to see. "

Bai Mingxiu pondered for a while, and said: "Actually, it's not a scene that I don't want to see at all, because at that time we indulged the remnants of the Qing Dynasty to migrate, just to cause trouble for the Europeans. Over the years, Xiqing has killed the people who have done us wrong. Tsarist Russia, which is a threat, has killed a lot of people and given us the Neixia region and the vast Lingbei region. Now they want to continue westward and kill Europe bloody. I am also happy to see it."

"Having said that, if Xiqing is really allowed to rule Europe, then Xiqing may really become a serious problem for my confidant."

Bai Mingxiu was a little more optimistic: "Integrating the power of the whole of Europe is not a matter of overnight. Even now, the Western Qing Dynasty still has not fully integrated the Russian power. The Western Qing Dynasty has Manchus, Hans, Mongols, Kazakhs, and Turks. , Tatars, Russians, Cossacks, and Turks are intertwined, and there are still problems, and it is impossible for the Western Qing Dynasty to integrate Europe within half a century."

Daming himself is also doing integration work. Although Daming has a more complete and efficient administrative organization as a whole, as well as various favorable policies, he dare not say that he has really integrated all the propaganda departments.

Bai Mingxiu has another meaning, that is, Xiqing's Guozuo may not last long.It is absolutely impossible for Bai Mingxiu to allow Xiqing to exist for another half century. He will definitely destroy Xiqing completely within a dozen or 20 years.

He also has some plans in Xiqing, and they will definitely come in handy at that time.

Zhang Huangyan said seriously to Bai Mingxiu: "Your Majesty, the main purpose of our meeting today is to unify the thoughts of everyone in the cabinet and your Majesty. That is, after 20 years of military development in Ming Dynasty, it may no longer be enough to continue to maintain it. . Whether it is France, Prussia, Britain or even the Western Qing Dynasty, they are all willing to go further. Assuming that a country achieves European hegemony, then the next step must be to challenge our country's global interests, compete for colonies, and interests in shipping and trade. Long-term For 20 years, Ming Dynasty actually lacked a clear and clear European strategy. It mainly supported our country, Italy, and sometimes engaged in a continental balancing strategy similar to the United Kingdom. However, in the end, for various reasons, it still did not serve the country well. The interests of Ming Dynasty itself. We must be fully prepared now to face a large-scale war that may be involved, and the current military strength, facilities, and preparations of Ming Dynasty are not enough to maintain us in a war on the scale of a large army."

In short, Zhang Huangyan just said one thing - a world war is about to start.

In fact, Ming also has an army of more than 80. If it really wants to fight a European war, it will be enough to deploy an army of 30 to [-] to Europe. However, Ming has never done such a thing. Although it is not impossible in theory, it is obviously necessary Many joints, use a lot of military spending, and make new deployments.

In fact, since Bai Mingxiu crossed over, Da Ming has not experienced any large-scale legion wars, whether it was during the period of the Fuguo Army or the current period of the Ming Army. Generally, a war of [-] people is a big one.In the dungeon, Bai Mingxiu fought a big battle, but that didn't count.

"Now the war has really developed into a large-scale battle. Without the strength of dozens of divisions, I'm too embarrassed to come out to mess around, alas." Bai Mingxiu sighed.

In the previous war between Austria and Western Qing in the Balkans, the two sides mobilized a total of 45 troops. It was a rare battle in European history. Basically, the standing armies of countries such as Britain, France, and Pui Aohe reached more than 10, and they were even relatively strong. France now has a huge army of 40.Even Spain, which was cleaned up by Ming Dynasty, now has more than [-] troops available for use.

Bai Mingxiu trusted the Ming army very much, and felt that it was not a big problem to win the many with the few, but it would definitely not work if the difference in military strength was too great.

Zhang Huangyan's plan is to slowly turn Ming Dynasty into a mobilized state, maintain a larger army, and start preparing for delivery capabilities, sending more supplies and troops to Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East to deal with the situation.

Bai Mingxiu said: "If you believe that a European war is inevitable and the timing of Da Ming's intervention is right, I support your move."

As soon as he finished speaking, Bai Mingxiu clearly noticed that many people were very excited.

In this meeting, there was actually a topic that had been hidden under the table and had not been brought up clearly.That is, with the development of industrialization in Ming Dynasty over the past 20 years, phenomena such as excessive competition in local industries, economic weakness, overcapacity, and excessive leverage have appeared.The cabinet has long had the idea of ​​​​stimulating the economy by expanding budget expenditures, but it is impossible to purchase a lot of things and leave them unused.The best way is actually to resolve economic problems through war. A large amount of money is converted into weapons and materials, supplies the army, and creates new orders for local companies. Taking this opportunity, the cabinet hopes to adopt more macro-control , shut down and transfer some excess production capacity, and optimize the industrial structure.

(End of this chapter)