Dominate the Country

The British in London were very excited. The Battle of the Pyramids and the Battle of Aboukir, one before the other, played a huge role far from one plus one equals two, but one plus one is greater than two.

Especially the Battle of Aboukir, this was not just the Battle of the Pyramids that only resisted Napoleon's attack, but a complete victory.

The French lost three third-class sailing battleships and a cruiser. The British, in addition to seriously damaging two battleships, did not sink a single ship, and also captured a third-class sailing battleship of the French. In the entire battle, more than 600 French sailors were captured. I don't know how many British people were so happy that they slapped the tables and chairs. The pub was full every day, and the British inside were all very excited, talking loudly, making the boss earn a lot of money.

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In Buckingham Palace—at this time, Buckingham Palace was not a real palace, but a private residence of the British royal family. In 1761, the year before his eldest son was born, George III bought the mansion and used it as a private residence for his wife, Queen Charlotte. Over the past thirty years, 14 of King George III’s 15 children were born here.

When the attendants reported that the British Royal Navy had won a great victory at the mouth of the Nile, not only defeating the French Mediterranean Fleet, but also completely blocking its main force in Alexandria, George III, who had been the King of Great Britain and Ireland for 38 years, seemed very calm, and just nodded slightly to show that he knew, but his hands that couldn’t help shaking revealed his excitement at the moment.

A huge map of the Mediterranean was hung on the wall of her bedroom, and George III stared at the location of Alexandria on the map. Now the Ottoman army should have launched a strong counterattack against the French army entrenched in Alexandria on land...

If the young man who had been bringing bad news to Britain since two years ago died in Egypt as he expected, George III would be so excited that his blood would surge!

But in Chen Han's Nanjing, Japan, which is geographically similar to Great Britain and has a similar size in the east, is in a state of anxious hesitation.

The only embassy in Japan's foreign relations, this is the center of Chinese politics, and the Japanese have been operating here for more than ten years. The Japanese, who are short of money, settled in Nanjing in a purchased Dutch embassy, ​​which is a typical European-style building, but the color is not the previous snow-white, but the same as most buildings in the city, blue-gray, deep and simple.

Zhu Jingeng hurriedly walked out of the embassy with an excited look on his face, and he didn't even see the guards at the door greet him. He just received a notice from Duke Xu's mansion that Marshal Chen Quan of Chen Han's general logistics was 'finally' free to meet him. This is a big shot at the top of the Chinese pyramid.

If we count the most powerful people besides the emperor of China, in addition to the emperor and the royal family such as the King of Song, we have to count the cabinet ministers, the governor of the Grand Commandery and the president of the Council of State. Among them, Chen Quan, the second marshal of the empire, is definitely one of the great figures-actually the third marshal, because the first marshal is not Chen Erbao, but Chen Ming.

It's just that Chen Ming is the emperor, and the rank of the marshal has been weakened invisibly.

According to the law, the emperor of Chen Han is 'born' to be the marshal of the imperial army and the grand commander of the Grand Commandery. In addition, there are four governors in the Grand Commandery: left, right, front and back. It's a governor, not a deputy governor. It doesn't sound good!

Chen Quan is not only the rank of marshal, but also the first in the general logistics department, and one of the four giants of the Grand Commandery [except the emperor].

He was the former governor of the Grand Commandery and was the title of Duke of Xu. He was definitely a hot figure in Chinese politics.

Zhu Jingeng had sent his request for an interview for five days, and today he was finally summoned.

Zhu Jingeng was not a pure Japanese. From his surname, we can see that he had Han Chinese ancestry. His ancestor was Zhu Zhiyu and Zhu Shunshui in the late Ming Dynasty. Zhu Zhiyu died in Japan, and his tomb was also in Japan. Although most of his descendants in his early years stayed in China, some of his blood remained in Japan. However, his last words before his death were: "I will never step on Han soil again, and see the restoration of the cause... I have no face to report to the Ming Dynasty." Zhu Shunshui's descendants, who regarded themselves as the heart of the emperor, have been Japanized under the influence of the general environment in a hundred years. In the final analysis, this branch of the Zhu family is already a foreign race. The descendants of the Zhu family who stayed in Japan may not marry Japanese women in every generation, but Zhu Jingeng's blood is definitely far less Han than that of the Japanese.

Going back 20 or 30 years, Zhu Jingeng was still making a living in Mito Domain with a Japanese name. Now he has restored his Chinese name, not because he is proud of the Chinese blood flowing in his body, but more to make it easier to travel in China.

This is normal, the Japanese are quite xenophobic. Just like Wang Pingbei of the "Three Fields", it is understandable.

Zhu Jingeng is very clear about the influence of Xu Guogong Chen Quan in Chen Han.

He is the leader of the General Logistics Department of Chen Han, and has a deep-rooted influence in this department. How powerful the General Logistics Department is throughout China is known to everyone who knows something about China's military and political affairs.

Chen Quan is not young anymore, he is more than 60 years old, only three or four years younger than Song Wang Chen Hui, but he is still in good health and still sits firmly in the position of the Minister of General Logistics of the National Defense Army.

As the second-level existence of the Japanese shogunate's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Zhu Jingeng also served as the deputy minister of the shogunate's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Japanese shogunate is now learning many practices from China, at least in form to complete its own political reform.

And Japan's attention to China can also be seen from Zhu Jingeng's position. But compared with the real weight, Zhu Jingeng, as the deputy minister of the Japanese shogunate's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, seems to be only one level lower than Chen Quan, and is nothing in front of Chen Quan.

When Chen Han was preparing to fight a new American war with Spain, the Japanese were eager to actively participate. They could send their regular army to help China, as long as the Chinese government paid for the military expenses, Japan could "sell" everything.

Unfortunately, Chen Han refused directly.

The Tokugawa shogunate was still confused for a while. The "friendship" between China and Japan was not far apart, so how could Japan be isolated all of a sudden? Moreover, even the volunteer team and the security team were not needed.

This doubt was not until the detailed war report of America was transmitted to China and Japan. The upper ruling class of Japan did not understand why Japan was isolated so early until two powerful new weapons from China appeared on the battlefields of America.

And Japan saw the Minié rifle and the hexagonal cannon with their own eyes after the West Sea leak incident was exposed. The latest Chinese musket, the powerful musket, was shamelessly stolen by the Russians.

I don’t know if this incident has spread to Europe, but it has caused a sensation in the Eastern world. However, Japan, Siam and other vassal states also got a fair opportunity to get the Minié rifle.

This is really an epoch-making weapon.

Compared with it, the muzzle-loading smoothbore rifle is like a primitive man and a feudal soldier armed to the teeth.

Then the Japanese rekindled their enthusiasm because not only America was attracting them, but India was also attracting them. This time it was the Tamil Nadu prince from Madurai, located in the south of the Kingdom of Mysore.

Madurai has been the capital of the Bandiya King [Tamil Nadu] for more than 600 years. Now the Indian native princes there are a little scared. They pray to China for protection because Mysore's Tipu Sultan began to sharpen his knives after signing a peace agreement with the British. For the Mysore royal army, which is "good at fighting", Madurai is the pig to be slaughtered.

However, China did not agree to Madurai's request from the "big picture". And Madurai is facing the threat of the Mysore army. They thought of the Japanese in desperation.

Since China can form a Japanese volunteer team and a security team, Madurai has money, can they also organize a security team composed of Japanese samurai?

As mentioned before, for money, Japan can "sell" anything nowadays.

The senior officials of the Tokugawa shogunate were shaken, and the shining golden blocks were so charming. But the Tokugawa shogunate had not been completely blinded by gold. They were still very clear that China was a huge mountain on their heads.

For such a thing, Japan must obtain China's consent.

And how to get China to agree to this matter as soon as possible naturally became the first priority of the Japanese ambassador to China.

Zhu Jingeng received the Japanese training seven days ago, and then he spent two days "formulating" a breakthrough plan. This General Logistics Department is the top priority.

The continuation of the American War and the transportation to the Arabian World have occupied too much of China's transportation capacity. If Japan wants to get the "bodyguard" order from Madurai, it must consider a transportation problem-at this time, the only "people" who can squeeze out a fleet of at least 10,000 people for transportation is the General Logistics Department of the Chinese court.

Others, such as the Immigration Bureau, transportation companies, etc., are all not worth mentioning. Their ships have all been used in America and Arabia, and there is also China's strong "domestic demand".

Zhu Jingeng can't forget the order given to him by Edo to finalize everything within half a month-the shogunate believes that China will not stop them from making this extra money. The longest time should not exceed twenty days!

Zhu Jingeng began to seek to meet Chen Quan, hoping to develop a deeper friendship with the National Defense Army. Madurai certainly could not provide the weapons needed by the Japanese Security Army. If this security army could really be successfully established, the source of weapons could only be China.

All of Japan's military industrial systems are now going all out to manufacture Minie rifles. They can't even fill their own appetites, so they are not interested in greeting Indians. As for the large number of smoothbore rifles eliminated by the Japanese regular army, they can be used to arm the Japanese police. Moreover, the Japanese are going to India to eat meat and gnaw bones, so how can they not pay a toll to China?

That's the boss of Japan. Without China riding on the back, would the British fleet in India dare to go directly to Edo Bay to fire? Ask if Japan is afraid?

They are afraid. The Japanese samurai who have broadened their horizons are no longer the country bumpkins who only have a small piece of Japan in their eyes. They are very clear about the gap between themselves and the British, and they also know that the Japanese samurai going to Madurai is against the British.

But until today, Zhu Jingeng was never allowed to enter.

There were too many guests outside the Xu Guogong Mansion. Perhaps it was because the news leaked out in the past few days that Chen Quan deliberately "promoted" Zhu Jingeng. Anyway, now Chen Quan finally agreed to meet with Zhu Jingeng.

Zhu Jingeng also knew that this possibility was really great. Because Chen Han's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Cabinet did not show any aversion to this business with Japan.

In the end, the only unlucky one in this matter was Mysore. It was because that Sultan Tipu was too arrogant. He signed a peace agreement with the British on his own initiative and acted as a middleman between the Marathas and the British. What did he want to do?

He deserves death!