Back to the Ming Dynasty to be a tyrant

As for Europe, it was already in a mess, and it would be okay to continue the chaos, because the main force of the European war was the Holy Roman Empire and the Holy See.

It is foreseeable that the European vassal states are definitely unwilling to return to the era when the Holy Roman Empire ruled the whole of Europe, and everyone wants to keep the power in their hands.

The Holy See not only faces the chaos in Europe with the Holy Roman Empire, but also has to deal with the Orthodox Church in Tsarist Russia and the True God in Ottoman Turkey.

Heretics themselves are already a headache, and heretics should all be sent to the stake, especially heretics who want to compete with the Holy See for orthodoxy, even more damned!

Chaos, when chaos broke out outside of Ming Dynasty, it became more and more obvious how happy the life of the people of Ming Dynasty is - except for the capital city, the curfew of the entire Ming Dynasty has been abolished, and even many local officials have written a letter requesting to dismantle it city ​​walls.

Shuntian Mansion is where the capital is located, and the governor does not have the guts to write a letter. Nanjing is where the accompanying capital is located. The entire court team is backed up in Nanjing City. Xu Hongji, the leader of Nanjing City, Wei Guogong, naturally has no courage to write a letter.

Many of the remaining state capitals have been written, and the expressed demands are almost the same-too many people have poured into the city, too many new people, and the current city wall has seriously hindered the local development. Can development tear down the city walls?

As for the consequences after tearing down the city wall?

They are all the elites in the imperial court. There was an example of the demolition of half of the city wall in Tianjin before. In addition, they all learned from the newspapers that the whole world is in chaos. There is no need to think too much about it at all, so what else is there to take into account?

In fact, after numerous discussions with Emperor Chongzhen and the cabinet, as well as the great scholars of Zhongji Hall and the entire court, they have already approved several cities' requests to demolish the city walls.

Doesn’t happiness come about through this comparison?

The world is in chaos, but there is no chaos in my Ming Dynasty. People in the world don’t know if there will be a tomorrow after living today, and the people of Ming Dynasty have to consider whether to buy an extra catty of meat for dinner at night.

What is happiness?This is happiness!

Happiness is something to be desired, and through the conscious or unconscious spread of those businessmen in Europe, many Europeans know that the real paradise is in Daming.

There is not no disaster there, but whenever there is a disaster, there will be troops rushing to the front, keeping all the civilians behind, even if their lives are exchanged for the lives of the civilians, they will rush to the last place without hesitation. In front, because they called themselves the Eagle Dog of the Son of Heaven, because the Son of Heaven said they were soldiers of the common people.

It is not that there is no oppression there, but whenever someone is oppressed, there is always a place to complain, and even common people can complain to the emperor, because they believe that the emperor is the herdsman on behalf of the sky.

It's not that there are no diseases there, but even a poor man with no money can get medicine to treat his illness first, and then pay back through his own labor, because they believe that human life is at stake.

As for Europe?

Whether natural disasters or man-made disasters, who really cares about the life and death of civilians?There are countless illegitimate children from the wives and lovers of big shots, who cares when the common people starve to death?

This kind of comparison makes Europeans yearn for Ming Dynasty more and more—when this yearning reaches a certain level, it turns into dissatisfaction with their own politics.

Then, as the book "The Story of the Gangster by the Swamp" became more and more widely circulated, many people chose to rise up.

It's just that the purpose of these people is a bit funny.

After chapter 8 and five, it will work, but not now

After careful study of "The Story of a Gangster by the Swamp", a large number of heroes came to the following conclusions:

First, if you want to live a decent life, rising up is the key;

Second, don't be afraid to face officers and soldiers, and ask for safety at critical moments;

Third, wouldn't it be flattering to serve as a leading party for Ming's army?

When Wu Sangui faced all kinds of coquettish operations by the "heroes" in England, his expression was that of a bewildered expression.

Wu Sangui and Li Hongji have studied it. If he were to be the "hero" himself, even in this situation where he knew that England was hopeless, he would have to leave enough room for himself.

For example, when serving as a leading party for Daming's army, no matter what, you have to get enough benefits for yourself. Even if you can't enjoy it yourself, you have to leave something for your wife and children, right?

However, these barbarians did not. It seems that the barbarians who lacked a nerve in their heads recognized the Daming card begging the world, or that Emperor Chongzhen was the legendary Prince Charming who could slay the dragon and save the princess. A large number of brain-dead fans appeared on the European continent hundreds of years in advance.

Wu Sangui is convinced - even if he is a fan of brains, he should be a fan of the people of Ming Dynasty. It's none of your business, barbarians?

After pondering for a long time with Li Hongji, Wu Sangui and Li Hongji came to a conclusion together: Barbarians don't read books!

The reason why they came to this conclusion is because Wu Sangui and Li Hongji found through research that the barbarians are basically illiterate-the benefits of literacy, if you pull out any illiterate in Daming, he can explain it to you for a long time. Complain about not knowing what the kids at home are learning in school.

To sum it up, it is trying to achieve a picture that is invisible but does not have the pretense of strength.

But no matter how you say it, cherishing the opportunity to study, and forcing your own children to study even if they fail to learn, seems to be a feeling deeply buried in the bones of the people of Ming Dynasty.

Barbarians do not have such feelings.

It doesn't matter if the well-castrated version of "Water Margin" is translated into "The Story of the Gangster by the Swamp". The barbarians still listen to people's narration and then add their own understanding.

What Wu Sangui and Li Hongji admired was that the barbarians liked "The Story of the Gangster by the Swamp" more, but they were not very interested in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms".

This is a group of retarded people!

It's a war right now?At this time, instead of studying "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", you go to ponder "Water Margin"?Was this head kicked by a donkey?

Even those ignorant Jiannu still know how to rely on "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" as a military book, and then learn some strategies from it and use them on the battlefield, and have achieved some results. You fools think every day Playing as green skin?

Of course, Wu Sangui didn't care too much about whether the barbarians were studying or not, and Li Hongji naturally didn't care either. Both of them just decided to strengthen the discipline of their nephew and nephew's reading when they went back—if they didn't study well, they would be hung up and smoked!

Looking at the ruins in front of him, Wu Sangui's wandering thinking was pulled back to the right track: "Derby is ahead, Liverpool, Manchester, and Grimsby are no longer the ports to worry about. The Navy's The grandchildren have already had enough fun, and there are probably not many people left, but Leeds should still have some troubles."

Li Hongji snorted and said, "No way, how can we climb on the ground and swim in the sea, not to mention they have help from the sky. But then again, why are these barbarians so awkward when they name places?" ?”

Shaking his head, Wu Sangui said: "Barbarians, who knows what they think. But it's okay, the household department will definitely come up with some good names later, it's no big deal."

Li Hongji nodded and said, "Do you know what monsters those grandchildren of the navy are messing with recently?"

Wu Sangui cast a sideways glance at Li Hongji: "Everyone knows about the big shit. Except for those barbarians who don't know, how many people in our Ming army don't know about it? Isn't it just some ironclad warship trial?"

Li Hongji said enviously: "Ironclad ship, this is not as simple as wrapping a layer of iron on the ship, but the whole battleship is made of steel, and the steam engine is used on it, so no one needs to paddle. gone."

Wu Sangui said: "Didn't you call to build an iron-clad ship a few years ago? How many years have passed before the sea trial? What's the big deal? Besides, it's the business of the navy and has nothing to do with us. You There's no use worrying."

Hearing what Wu Sangui said, Li Hongji was immediately discouraged.

That's right, no matter how awesome the ironclad ship is, it's also the business of the navy. What does it have to do with the army like me?At most, it will serve as a transshipment, and by the way, help the army clean up the enemy's port—isn't it still here to grab the army's military merits?

Except for Li Hongji and Wu Sangui, almost all the army held the same attitude. Anyway, those grandsons of the navy came to grab military merits, and there was no good thing!

Emperor Chongzhen and Zhang Zhiji didn't see it that way.

From the perspective of the emperor and the head of the five-armed governor's office, the stronger the navy, the better, especially after seeing the vastness of the ocean, vigorously developing the navy has become the number one task of the five-armed governor's office.

Now that the first ironclad ship was finally launched, and it was powered by a steam engine, it was naturally impossible for Emperor Chongzhen and Zhang Zhiji to let go of such a good opportunity to pretend to be aggressive and came to the ship early.

After visiting the entire battleship, Zhang Zhiji behaved like a dog leg in some later film and television dramas: "Your Majesty, this iron-clad ship is stable, even more stable than Fuchuan!"

Emperor Chongzhen glanced at Zhang Zhiji's words, and his face was full of disgust: "You are delusional! Now there is no wind and no waves, and there is no difference between you standing on the blessing boat and standing on this ship! I want to know whether this warship is stable or not. It depends on how it performs in the wind and waves."

Zhang Zhiji said with a chuckle: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, I have already asked about it. The soldiers who controlled this armored ship to Europe all said that this ship is very stable and can definitely withstand strong winds and waves!"

Zhang Zhiji almost gave up his face for the iron-clad ship—how ​​much manpower and material resources did he spend sailing from Daming to England for just such a warship?