The Head of the Ming Dynasty Spared His Life

From the very beginning, Yan Song considered the situation in Europe from Daming's point of view.

He wants to make full use of Elizabeth and the United Kingdom, which are still very weak, to balance Spain!

But at the same time, it was not in the interests of Ming that Britain under Elizabeth quickly defeated the mighty Spain and became the next maritime hegemon.

Although Daming opened up the sea, it took time to rise.

To say the least, it will take 20 years of construction time for the Ming Dynasty's navy to sail across the seven seas and compete with the West for supremacy.

Therefore, for Yan Song and Daming, the most favorable situation is that Spain, Britain, and France check each other, hostile to each other like cockfights, and consume national power, but don't make a quick decision to create a maritime hegemony.

Once the maritime supremacy is born, even the United Kingdom and Elizabeth, Yan Song believes that with the qualifications of Elizabeth's generation of heroes, they will inevitably mercilessly kill the maritime power that Ming has just stepped forward in the bud.

Even if Da Ming matures quickly under his leadership, at least Da Ming won't be able to easily win the fight for America's hegemony.Definitely had a tough fight with the British Empire.

So how to use Elizabeth, a good student at this time?

After hearing Yan Song's words, Shakespeare's eyes lit up and said: "Senior Yan Song, you mean that although Spain is strong, Philip II's religious policy will bring a heavy burden to his empire?"

Yan Song smiled: "That's right. What Britain has to do now is to unite with the European continent, any country that is dissatisfied with Spain, and contain Spain together, instead of going to war with Spain quickly. That will undoubtedly take a huge risk."

Shakespeare nodded in agreement: "That's right. The Spanish Armada has thousands of heavy warships. My British navy combined is not enough for a fraction of the Armada."

"But the current ruler of France, Henry IV, is equally dissatisfied with Philip II who tried to get his hands on his crown." Yan Song earnestly said: "Although Britain and France have a century-old hatred, the current enemy must be Henry IV. Are you also willing to temporarily give up hatred and fight against Spain together?"

Shakespeare was amazed: "Unexpectedly, Mr. Yan Ge is so familiar with my situation in Europe. It is ridiculous that some businessmen in Britain say that the Ming Dynasty is a closed country, the oldest empire, and knows nothing about the outside world."

Yan Song said indifferently: "In order to write "On Sea Power", I have investigated the current situation in all countries in the world."

"But even if we unite with France, we are still no match for Spain." Shakespeare said distressedly: "Spain is too powerful."

"What if we unite with heretics?" Yan Song said with a smile: "Although the national power of the Ottoman Turkish Empire has declined compared to the 14th century, it still spans Europe, Asia and Africa. Its maritime strength is also quite impressive."

"Allied with the heathen?" Shakespeare was dumbfounded: "We believe in God, and the Ottomans are our enemies."

Yan Song smiled and said: "Remember one sentence, there are no permanent allies, no permanent enemies, only permanent interests."

Shakespeare was taken aback, like a flash of lightning in his mind.

"Yes, yes, 633 has no permanent allies, no permanent enemies, only permanent interests."

Shakespeare hastily and piously wrote down Yan Song's words, and Yan Song's words became the most reasonable sayings that politicians regarded as the standard for the next 500 years.

"Then..." Shakespeare said expectantly: "Your suggestion is that I, Britain, should decisively unite with France and the Ottoman Empire to fight against Spain?"

"Well." Yan Songxin said that this is almost the case. Britain, France and the Ottoman Empire, together to deal with Spain, can make Philip II's brave and ambitious careerist calm down a little, so that he will not be stupid in the fog. Due to the bad weather, the Armada was sent through the narrow English Channel, and was ambushed by the British by sea and defeated in one fell swoop.

In this way, the situation of Spain VS Britain, France and Ottomans has officially formed. The confrontation between the two sides will consume a lot of national strength and time, enough for Ming to take the opportunity to rise at sea.

When Elizabeth solves the threat of Philip II, she will be shocked to find that Daming, the sleeping lion of the East, has fully awakened, roaring the seven seas, and becoming the terminator of Britain and the West.

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Chapter 647 Inspecting the shipyard [4]

Shakespeare didn't know that what he obtained from Yan Song was a solution that was most beneficial to Daming.At this moment, he was still rejoicing, planning how to bring back this answer to Elizabeth 1.

But Yan Song prevented him from returning to the country, and said seriously: "I didn't let you go back because I bought you. The return journey is too dangerous. You know, the Spaniards hate you to the bone, and Philip II issued an order. Any ship is not allowed to hide you. As soon as you appear on a European ship, you will be betrayed to the Spanish emperor, and the Holy See will also issue a wanted list for you. Don’t say you can go back to England, even Europe.”

Shakespeare looks desperate.

"Could it be that I won't be able to return to England in my life?" Shakespeare said in despair.

Like the big bad wolf who kidnapped Little Red Riding Hood, Yan Song earnestly said: "You don't have to despair. After the situation in Europe improves, you can go back naturally. I will never restrict your freedom because of the contract of selling yourself. But in that Before that, leave your useful body and work in my Ming Dynasty first. You can resend other British people and go back to deliver news, so the danger is much lower."

Shakespeare's eyes lit up: "That's right, why didn't I expect that I could use other people to pass the news to the Queen? I will sell my life to Your Excellency and Daming."

As long as the news can be passed on to Elizabeth and the mission to the motherland is completed, Shakespeare will feel more at ease.

Yan Song asked Shakespeare to go back with a smile, and seriously prepared for the "international performance" of "Kou Liulan and Du Liniang".Shakespeare was originally a fanatical art fanatic, and Yan Song's attention was drawn to the performance that was about to start, and his interest came up again. He took Yan Song to talk about his masterpiece "Kou Liulan and Du Liniang" for a long time.

Yan Song smiled and listened.

This Shakespeare must stay in Daming. So far, mathematician Descartes, artist Michelangelo, great writer Shakespeare, many talents have been abducted in Europe.

These people can be used by our Ming Dynasty, and contribute their intelligence and wisdom to make our Ming Dynasty prosperous. I really don’t know how much Western historians in the future will beat their chests and hate the Pope and the Spanish Emperor.

Now, with a calm face, Yan Song explained some things to Shakespeare, and let him go back at night.

After dealing with Shakespeare and Europe, Yan Song's attention returned to the shipyard.

The Tianjin shipyard represents the future maritime strength of Ming Dynasty.

I don't know what happened to the construction of the sailing battleship and the Spanish galleon?

Early the next morning, Yan Song woke up and called Wang Jiaping and Hai Rui to inspect the shipyard.

The shipyard has been under construction for a while, and Yan Song also gave the blueprints. Let's see what good things Hu Xueyan, a warmonger, can come up with?

Hearing that the shipyard was going to be inspected, Wang Jiaping was very excited, but Hai Rui was a little unhappy, and muttered, "What else is there to see in a ruined shipyard? At this time, the sea-opening ceremony is important! If the emperor came in person, the sea-opening ceremony There are still many unfinished business ¨～."

Yan Song automatically ignored Hai Rui's words.This Hai Rui's thinking is still a Daming turtle, and he doesn't understand the dominance of future naval battles!strength.

When they arrived at the shipyard, Yan Song and the others were presented with a production scene in full swing.

In the south of Tianjin Port, on the planned land of two shipyards, there is the roar of reinforced concrete mixing everywhere, and there are tens of thousands of sweaty workers pushing carts to pour concrete.

On the two lands close to the sea, large slipways and dry docks are being built with cement.

The so-called dry dock refers to a relatively advanced shipbuilding method.