Back to the Ming Dynasty to be a tyrant

However, this war is a large-scale war that mobilized three fleets and hundreds of thousands of soldiers. The British government can't even afford [-]% of the military expenditure!

Not to mention, Emperor Chongzhen is still here, and all the proceeds will definitely not go into the pockets of the British government...

Under such circumstances, Emperor Chongzhen told Zhang Zhiji to let the British government bear the immigration and military expenses, and Zhang Zhiji was not confused.

After being stunned for a long while, Zhang Zhiji said with a sneer: "Your Majesty, the matter of emigration is fine, but the military expenditure? I am really powerless, and I am willing to donate 100 million taels!"

Spend money to buy peace?

With a snort, Emperor Chongzhen laughed and said, "It's alright, it's not that I don't have any ideas in my heart. I'm just joking with you. Why should I take it seriously? However, I'm not joking about the immigration."

After finishing speaking, Emperor Chongzhen said solemnly again: "England is separated from Daming by several oceans, and immigrating will not happen overnight. You should not rush it. You'd better make preparations first."

After Zhang Zhiji bowed again, he thought about it again: "Your Majesty, can I return the fiefdoms of England to the treasury?"

Emperor Chongzhen let out a surprise, and asked, "Why?"

England's fiefs are definitely not small, and even some small vassal fiefdoms don't have such a large area. With such a fief in hand, they are basically waiting for the money to get into their pockets.

Emperor Chongzhen believed that if the fief of England was to be given to other vassals, those vassals would probably wake up laughing from their dreams, but Zhang Zhiji didn't want it?

Zhang Zhiji bowed and said: "Your Majesty Qizuo, my father once said a word before he was alive, people must learn to cherish their blessings. The British government has already got enough in Daming, and they dare not ask for such a large piece of land.

The minister is willing to bear the expenses required for this immigration, but the future taxation and official selection, the minister still wants to return it to the Ministry of Households and the Ministry of Officials.I really don't want to leave Daming, let alone leave His Majesty's side! "

Emperor Chongzhen laughed and said, "Who told you to leave? Wouldn't it be good for Shize to stay here? I'll miss them later, and let them take a boat back to Daming to visit relatives.

However, the Land of the Four Guards in the South that I bestowed upon Xueer at the beginning is about to be taken back. You can find another place for her in England. "

Seeing that he could no longer persuade Emperor Chongzhen, Zhang Zhiji had no choice but to agree - his premonition just now was indeed correct, isn't it just bad luck now?

Princess Ningde's Nansi Weifeng is not big, but it is not small. It is inconspicuous in Ming Dynasty, but it is definitely very conspicuous in England.

Then the entire British government will continue to pay for immigration in the next few decades, and it will not be possible to see the money back until two or three years after the immigration is completed.

And I have to stay in Daming to work for this master, and then leave my son and eldest princess in England. It is not easy to hug my grandson...

If it was because Zhang Shize, a pig, stole the Chinese cabbage from Emperor Chongzhen's house that he was in this situation, then Zhang Zhiji just wanted to say, you old man is really big!

However, Emperor Chongzhen, who had cheated Zhang Zhiji, was in a beautiful mood, and even smiled when he was talking with Ferdinand III and Innocent X.

In the talks with Ferdinand III and Innocent X, Emperor Chongzhen expressed to both parties that he and the Ming Empire would give them great support and would never favor the other side. If necessary, Ming would even mediate The dispute between the two.

Ferdinand III believed it—the in-laws of the sons and daughters, and gave away such a large piece of land, so it can be more reliable, right?

Innocent X also believed it - so many terms of exchange were promised, so Daming's guarantee should be reliable, right?

However, Emperor Chongzhen did not believe it.

It's like when a certain two countries in the later generations open a film, they both find a certain rabbit to buy bricks, on the condition that the rabbit does not support the other party, and then the rabbit agrees.

The rabbit did not break his promise, because the rabbit did not help either side between the two countries-it was just that at some important voting resolution meeting, the rabbit abstained from voting...

Chapter 796 What does His Majesty mean?

In the 23rd year of Chongzhen, in autumn, there was heavy rain, and the attack was blocked.

The rainy weather hindered the attack of Daming's ground troops, and the hot air balloon troops did not dare to take off in this heavy rainy weather - taking off means facing the risk of being struck by lightning...

The naval forces also rested, and the range of the naval guns was always limited. The naval guns that could cause devastating damage to the port still seemed to have more than enough power but not enough power when facing inland cities.

Zhang Shize and Shen Zhenjiang, who were in charge of the ground command, finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Regardless of the fact that the ground attack was not going well, it was also because of the weather, not because of the English defenders. Those old house sparrows flying in the sky and sea turtles in the sea are not as good as our ground turtles on the ground!

Zhang Shize grabbed the dry and hard beef jerky in his hand, tore off a small strip, stuffed it into his mouth, chewed it slowly, and let the jerky soften slowly with his saliva. The taste of air-dried beef filled his mouth in a very short time. .

After smoothing down the beef jerky with tea, Zhang Shize said bitterly: "Now the military government's regulations are getting more and more deceitful. It's fine that you can't drink alcohol on the battlefield. Now it's obvious that there is no war, and you can't drink it. This beef Blind for nothing!"

Shen Zhenjiang nodded in agreement and said: "What the young master said is very true, such delicious beef jerky should be served with a few taels of sweet potatoes, and the taste is full!"

While discussing what kind of food should be paired with what kind of wine, the two ate up the beef jerky in their hands-the time for eating on the battlefield is always precious, and there is no way to waste it. Gotta hurry up and get some sleep.

Zhang Shize, who had just finished wiping his hands, was about to squint for a while, but saw Liu Xiaoyao walking over with a solemn expression: "My little father-in-law, I'm afraid you don't have much time to rest."

Zhang Shize groaned and said, "What's wrong?"

Liu Xiaoyao said: "Two messages. One is from the brothers lurking in England. The barbarians in England plan to take advantage of the rainy weather these days to launch an attack on us."

Zhang Shize nodded and said, "What about the other one?"

Liu Xiaoyao said sternly: "Another news is that His Majesty and everyone from the military residence are already on their way and are expected to arrive here tomorrow."

Zhang Shize, who was originally calm, couldn't calm down anymore.

It is not uncommon for the barbarians in England to choose to take advantage of the rainy weather to launch an attack, and Zhang Shize himself would do the same.

England’s arms were purchased through the East India Company and Liu Wenbing, and it does not have the production capacity itself—the production of bullets for firearms is a very troublesome project. Even the Ming Dynasty is now in the groping stage of practicing with barbarians. The production system is not Immature, let alone England.

Now that Ming has officially started fighting with England, the original arms deal with the East India Company and Liu Wenbing naturally has no possibility of continuing.

Although the Dutch authorities had always hoped that the East India Company would increase its arms exports to England, for the seventeen gentlemen of the East India Company, obtaining a Ming household registration was obviously more important than earning a few coins. Selling arms?nonexistent!

After the English lost their sources of arms, they could only save as much as possible of the arms they had saved, for fear that they would all be used up one day, and at the same time increased investment in arms research and development.

But the research and development of arms is more troublesome than giving birth to a child. After all, a child can be born in ten months. Even if you meet Nezha, it is only three years. I can't see, even with Daming's ready-made examples, it won't take half a day to get these things done.

First of all, the problem of steel quality and output must be solved, secondly, the problem of machine tools must be solved, and thirdly, the problem of gunpowder quality must be solved.

There are three problems that stand in the way of the English's arms research and development. It took more than 20 years for Daming to rely on the accumulated experience of his ancestors and the opening of Emperor Chongzhen. As for England, only I can hehe.

Since there is no source of arms, and self-development is not something that can be done in a short while, the English naturally think of other ways to deal with Ming's attack.

You can't sit still, can you?

Taking advantage of the rain to counterattack is actually a very good idea.

Daming’s ammunition is indeed very powerful, both in terms of the quality of the ammunition and the output of firepower, it is enough to be regarded as a work of conscience - Emperor Chongzhen, who is in the late stage of insufficient firepower syndrome and is waiting to die, likes shells to wash the ground. model.

However, no matter how conscientious the ammunition is, it also needs to pay attention to rainy weather. At least Ming's artillery is not so powerful that it can still be used in rainy days, and the same is true for muskets.

Therefore, Zhang Shize and Shen Zhenjiang had long been psychologically prepared for the English to take advantage of the rainy weather to counterattack, and the arrangements for various soldiers and horses were already in place - Daming's guards had never given up training on cold weapons.

The reason why Zhang Shize was not calm was still the Emperor Chongzhen.

When it comes to the understanding of Emperor Chongzhen, no one in the world may know better than the concubines in the harem, such as Empress Zhou and Concubine Yi, and the factory guards such as Wang Chengen and Wang Guoxing.

But when it comes to the understanding of Emperor Chongzhen by the civil and military ministers of the court and military government, Zhang Zhiji may really be ranked first.