Nan Ming Sun Never Sets

Chapter 669 My Country

The Western Qing Empire seems to have entered a "heyday". Its land area has expanded to more than 800 million square kilometers, and its population is close to 100 million. Fei Yanggu commanded a huge Qing army with a size of more than [-] million.At the same time, Britain, which is located overseas, and Italy, which is covered by mountains, are silently defending themselves and dare not provoke Xiqing; Spain and Portugal, two former European powers, have also exchanged songs with Xiqing and reached a "good neighborliness" Agreement; even the two Great Mings, Basque Country and Catalonia, have the intention of betrayal at this time, secretly flirting with Xiqing in exchange for not being attacked.

Today's Fei Yanggu can be said to have truly realized the great ideal when he escaped from the Central Plains, and rebuilt a prosperous Qing Dynasty by dominating Europe.In terms of national power, this Qing Dynasty is stronger than the Qing Dynasty in Shunzhi's time. From this perspective, Fei Yanggu can be said to have surpassed the emperors of the Aixinjueluo family such as Wild Boar Pi Nurhachi, Huang Taiji, and Fulin in one fell swoop. The real founding king, the holy emperor.

The reason why he is holy is that Fei Yanggu "converted" to the Orthodox Church, so he was honored by the Patriarch of the Orthodox Church as "the only holy emperor on earth" and "the human agent of God's will".

Feillancourt has no plans to directly attack Spain or Portugal for the time being, because the meat is not fat enough.Spain and Portugal have been reduced to second-rate roles in Europe, especially Spain, which was almost drained by a war in the Ming Dynasty more than 20 years ago. Over the past [-] years, Spain's development has not been as good as that of countries such as Britain, France and Prussia, and its industrial facilities are limited.

On the other hand, the French and Prussian regions conquered by Xiqing this time have already established a very good industrial tradition, with a large number of naive factories and enterprises. After reorganization, they can provide a lot of national power for Xiqing, especially in The Donetsk-Dnieper Industrial Zone was strategically bombed by the Ming Dynasty, and these newly born industrial capabilities were even more valued by Xiqing.

As for Italy, although its industrial level is good and it has some wealth, Xiqing is not yet ready for a showdown with Daming to this extent.Represented by Wen He, a group of ministers from the Qing Dynasty's hard-working faction suggested that Fei Yanggu spend a few years to digest and absorb the entire French and German regions, and further expand the strength of the Western Qing Empire before making new annexations.

However, there are also some radicals in the court. They naively believe that the Ming Dynasty dare not engage in a direct battle with the Western Qing Dynasty, especially because their army is not worth mentioning and is completely trembling under the power of the Western Qing Army's super blitzkrieg.The Western Qing Empire did not need to be afraid of the Ming Dynasty's army. Because the Ming Dynasty was afraid of the Western Qing Empire, only non-contact military services such as the navy and air force dared to show off.Therefore, the radicals hope to further expand their interests and attack more places, and even directly attack areas controlled by the Ming Dynasty.

This division of opinion is somewhat similar to some situations in Japan in World War II in another plane.Throughout World War II, Japan was always surrounded by a radical torrent, unable to listen to any rational voice, and finally quickly raised its head.

Of course, the radicals in Xiqing also had key reasons and motivations, that is, the major oil producing areas in the world are all under the control of Ming Dynasty. If they let it go, they will not be able to fly planes and tanks because of the loss of oil, and they will be wiped out easily without Da Ming sending troops to beat them up.Therefore, for the continuation and real security of the empire, the Western Qing Empire cannot stop the war, but can only continue to fight.

The goal of the radicals is to enter the Middle East region, where more than [-]% of the world's oil is produced. As long as they occupy this region, not only will their own energy security be stabilized, but it will even threaten Daming's energy security.

The radicals are led by Suo'etu, Mingzhu, and Tong Guowei. Because Wen He, the practical minister, has been prime minister for more than 20 years.

But Fei Yanggu has yet to make a decision.

He took a car, sat with Chenglin, who had not had a cordial conversation for a long time, and drove on the field road outside Paris.The roads in Paris are well-maintained and the cars are very smooth and comfortable to drive on. The warm sunlight shines in through the car windows and is very pleasant to the body.

Feiyangu's face was already covered with wrinkles. At this moment, he was like an ordinary middle-aged man who was near dusk. He seemed to have no ambitions, but just enjoyed the afternoon peacefully.

"Chenglin, do you hate me? Take your military power for 20 years, put you in the position of a teacher, let you cultivate successors for my Qing Dynasty, 20 years without glory, wealth and honor accompany you."

Fei Yanggu asked this question suddenly, he didn't look at Cheng Lin, and he could feel a little anxiety from his eyes.

Cheng Lin lowered his head and did not look at the emperor.To be able to sit by the emperor's side and ride with the emperor is already an extremely prestigious honor.

"I don't hate it." Cheng Lin's answer was very Cheng Lin.

Fei Yanggu suddenly smiled slightly, and sighed: "You always make people feel strange. In your life, it can be said that you have done great things that many people can't do. People say that you are a great talent. But the big Talent always has eccentricities. You don't like to associate with people, and you don't make friends with dignitaries except for your old subordinates. Even my sister loved you back then, and you could have married, but you rejected her, which hurt her heart and made you I hate it so much. But today, you are a person in your 50s, but you are still alone, without relatives and children, what do you want in your life?"

Cheng Lin was silent for a long time, and finally replied: "Chen, I don't know."

Fei Yanggu was stunned, and then patted him on the shoulder, saying: "I believe in you, sometimes I will be at a loss like this. It's just that you are luckier than me, you don't know what to do, but I know your ability , can wield you like a sharp blade and let you play a role. But what should I do? Who will tell me what I should do? If I make a wrong step, I will be in an abyss! So I can only walk on thin ice, step by step, without making any mistakes. Confused."

Cheng Lin nodded: "The emperor has worked hard."

Fei Yanggu smiled wryly and shook his head, "You." It seemed that there was nothing he could do about this inarticulate and peerless commander.

Cheng Lin still lowered his head, Fei Yanggu felt that what he just said did not know was from the bottom of his heart, which fit Cheng Lin's personality.But Cheng Lin knew very well that he had lied.He has only one mission in his life, to overthrow the Da Qing from within!
Fei Yanggu suddenly asked: "There is a lot of controversy in the imperial court about the war between the two countries. There are strikers who want to make peace with other countries, recuperate, strengthen themselves, and paralyze the Ming Dynasty; there are also radicals who want to invade Tianfang, seize oil fields, and strengthen the Qing Dynasty itself. .What do you think?"

Cheng Lin still replied: "Chen, I don't know."

(End of this chapter)