Back to the Ming Dynasty to be a tyrant

Generally speaking, there are still some integrity and integrity of a gentleman that have not been lost, which is why Emperor Chongzhen chose Wen Tiren and Lu Xiangsheng as the chief assistants of the cabinet for two terms.

However, Liu Wenbing didn't care at all whether a gentleman is a gentleman or not. As for the integrity, he was thrown to places like Yihongyuan Yihongyuan early on.

Now Wang Guoxing's expression was so subtle when he asked about Liu Wenbing, maybe it was Liu Wenbing's tricks in England.

After deliberating for a while, Wang Guoxing bowed and said, "Your Majesty Qizuo, the envoy sent by Charles I was bombarded without even seeing the face of Marquis Xin Le.

As for the second wave of envoys sent by Charles I and Cromwell, they both successfully met Xin Lehou, but the treatment of the two families was completely different. "

After oh, Emperor Chongzhen took a sip of the tea on the table and listened to Wang Guoxing's continuation.

Wang Guoxing said: "Xin Lehou was the first to meet with the envoys sent by Cromwell. Regarding Cromwell's proposal to hire the Suez Canal Fleet, Xin Lehou directly vetoed it, and at the same time put forward several requirements.

The first point is to ask Cromwell to immediately release the imprisoned little Ellis and the two Ming merchants and their followers. The second point is to ask Cromwell to compensate all the military expenses for this expedition, and cede South Cape by the way. Daming is given a range of hundreds of miles from London as a military base.

As for Charles I, Xin Lehou said that Charles I had no image of the owner, and he had no way to control him, so that such a big mess happened. The Suez Canal Fleet's destruction of Cromwell also helped Charles I, so the same The above three requirements were put forward for Charles I.

Judging from the current news, Cromwell will not agree to Liu Hou's request. The final bottom line is to release people and pay compensation, but it is impossible to cede the land.

The news from Charles I was that Charles I was likely to agree to all of Liu Hou's demands, that is, to eliminate Cromwell, compensate for military losses, and cede the port to Daming as a military base. "

With a puff, Emperor Chongzhen directly sprayed out the tea that he had just drunk into his mouth.

200 years after the original history, there is an old and immortal Lafayette in China in the Far East, who embezzled the navy's military expenses to build a garden, an emperor who has been waiting for a long time and has not yet taken charge of the government, and a paper craftsman Zhongtang, propped up a Foreigners came to build our railroad old empire.

About 300 years later, the foreigners who went to the Far East China to repair the railway also had an old and immortal Lafayette, a prince who could not ascend the throne after waiting for a long time, and a paper-maker Zhongtang, who also supported a Zhongyi to repair it for us. The old people's empire of the railroad.

However, the current situation is that two or 300 years earlier, the ancestors of the British Empire began to play the advanced game of ceding land and indemnity plus Wai Ning and allies not giving domestic slaves.

After taking the handkerchief handed over by Wang Encheng and wiping his mouth, Emperor Chongzhen hummed and said, "And then?"

Wang Guoxing's face suddenly became more subtle: "Now that Cromwell and Charles I are publicly accusing each other, the two sides are on the verge of breaking out, and Liu Hou has already led his troops to retreat for thirty miles, giving up all the ports and lands. out.

Liu Hou sent envoys to both Cromwell and Charles I, saying that he would only negotiate with the masters of England, and the current situation is not suitable for negotiations at all.

For this reason, both Cromwell and Charles I borrowed a large amount of loans from France as military expenses, and then purchased a large amount of arms from Liu Hou respectively. "

Emperor Chongzhen and Zhang Zhiji looked at each other, and he couldn't help secretly admiring that Liu Wenbing was better at playing than himself, a time traveler.

Now that England is fighting together, both sides of the dead are English barbarians, and it must have nothing to do with Ming Dynasty, but the fleet led by Liu Wenbing is cruising the seas of England, forcing Cromwell and Charles I to go to war. What is meant is to overwhelm people with great momentum.

Regardless of the final outcome of the battle, no matter whether Cromwell won or Charles I won, the one who benefited the most was naturally Ming, not England.

The reason is very simple, the two sides have to continue the fight, because if they do not fight, they will face the attack of the Ming Fleet, and the ammunition consumption after the fight will be astronomical, and both sides will have to buy arms from Liu Wenbing.

Then there are the prisoners of war on both sides. In order to obtain arms supplies, the two sides will have to sell those captives in their hands to Liu Wenbing-however, these captives are still the barbarians of England.

With Liu Wenbing playing like this, Da Ming can obtain a large amount of labor from England while earning money for arms, basically without paying any other costs.

After pondering for a long while, Zhang Zhiji bowed and said, "Your Majesty, since England is in a mess now, why not wait a little longer? If there is plenty of time, there will be more ammunition and supplies prepared, and on the other hand, it will be too late Will there be another chaos in England?"

Emperor Chongzhen sneered and said, "What are you waiting for? It's fine if he didn't plan to go on an expedition to England, but now that he's here, can he go back empty-handed?

According to the original plan of the Commander-in-Chief of the Five Armies, we will continue to assemble various guards and fleets, and head to England as scheduled. This time, I will order London myself! "

Faced with Emperor Chongzhen's suggestion that he would personally order London, Zhang Zhiji just nodded his head lightly, which was regarded as his agreement.

For the five-army governor's mansion and the cabinet, the matter has reached this point, and there is basically no possibility of any further changes—expect Emperor Chongzhen and his old man to suddenly show kindness and return to the capital?

If you think about it with your heels, you know that it is impossible. It is better to obediently obey Emperor Chongzhen's wishes and let him light up London. It will be a fireworks show celebrating the 22nd year of Chongzhen.

According to Emperor Chongzhen's consistent style, after he ordered London this time, at least he could stay in the capital for a few years.

Although this time is likely to not exceed three years, but at least it is three years, isn't it?It's better than not being able to stay in the capital honestly for a day!

After another silence, Emperor Chongzhen said again: "By the way, let's put those two bastards into Shize's army, let the three of them be together, at least there will be a support.

As for the third child, that little bastard let him follow me, after all, he was still too young to be suitable for battle.

Also, when things in England are over, after you return to the capital, your British government should start preparing for the marriage between Shize and Xueer. "

After finishing speaking, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but sigh a little: "My daughter is getting older, but I still can't keep her, and if she keeps her, she will become an enmity.

Shi Ze, I have already said that Xue’er married into your British government, not your British prince’s son, Princess Shang. I don’t like what I did before, but you can’t let Xue’er down, or I won’t let you go you! "

Zhang Shize immediately bowed and said: "Chen, thank Your Majesty for your kindness!"

After nodding his head, Emperor Chongzhen said: "Get up. This daughter of mine is spoiled since she was a child, so let her do everything more. The husband and wife are a couple for life, and a harmonious and beautiful family is a blessing. "

Zhang Shize bowed again, and said respectfully: "Your Majesty's words, I dare not or forget them!"

After waving his hands and ordering Zhang Zhiji and his son to leave, Emperor Chongzhen started to stay alone again.

In the blink of an eye, I have already become a grandfather, and I am about to become a grandfather again, but why do I feel that there is not much difference from when I just crossed?Should it be the heart of the little red powder or the little red powder, a heart of big Hanism seems to have never changed.

Emperor Chongzhen was in a daze, and Liu Wenbing was also in a daze, but unlike Emperor Chongzhen with emotion, Liu Wenbing was completely entangled with little Ellis and those two Ming businessmen.

Liu Wenbing originally thought that little Ellis and the two Ming merchants would be sacrificed in this war, although he never mentioned this thought to anyone.

After all, this is a war, and the most direct culprits are these three guys and their followers. If it weren't for these people, this war would not have started at this time.

To be precise, this is a wrong war fought by the wrong people, at the wrong time, at the wrong place, by two wrong players under the intervention of a wrong off-court whistle.

Especially for Cromwell.

Liu Wenbing carefully read all the information about Cromwell, including the information provided by Jin Yiwei and the East Factory, as well as all the relevant information provided by the East India Company. Liu Wenbing carefully read all the information.

Regarding Cromwell, Liu Wenbing believed that this person was definitely not a good person. Even if this person was a member of Parliament but planned to kill Charles I, this guy Cromwell was not a good bird.

At first, this guy sought peace with Daming, and even wanted to use his strength to hire the Suez Canal Fleet to kill Charles I for him.

When he found out that what he planned could not be achieved, Cromwell immediately declared war on Charles I. He never mentioned the matter of Little Ellis and the two Ming businessmen, but instead kept sending people to talk to Liu Wenbing. While negotiating, discussing about arms trade and other related matters.

If we judge purely from the current situation, apart from successfully provoking Charles I and Cromwell to fight each other, Liu Wenbing's original plan to force Cromwell to release little Ellis can be Said to be completely lost.

Facing such an opponent, it was impossible for Liu Wenbing to say that he was not sorry.

After all, Liu Wenbing's original plan was to rescue little Ellis and those two Ming businessmen, not to talk about the damn arms trade with Cromwell.

However, these trade-related matters discussed at the same time are obviously beneficial to Daming, and there is a large amount of labor in addition to a large amount of gold and silver.

Except little Ellis and those two Ming merchants.

However, when did it start to go astray?

The current problem that troubled Liu Wenbing the most was the two Ming businessmen, and Little Ellis, who was naturalized by FireWire. These three people were likely to be sacrificed in the end.

However, it was precisely this that made Liu Wenbing unacceptable, otherwise, this would be an extremely perfect military intimidation operation!