Back to the Ming Dynasty to be a tyrant

To go to the Far West, you must first bypass West Kunlun and pass through the Cape of Good Hope-the Cape of Good Hope is not a good place!

Forget about the constant strong westerly wind all year round, the most terrifying thing is the "killing wave" recorded by those barbarians!

The front part of this kind of wave is like a cliff, and the back part is like a gentle hillside. The wave height is generally five to seven feet-even if Fu Chuan is hit by such a huge wave, it will probably be smashed to pieces!

What's more, in addition to this kind of murderous waves, there are also swirling, whirling waves. Sometimes the sea surface will continue to roll like boiling water in a pot, and ships will often capsize at these times.

Although most of these situations occur in winter, but when is it now?

In the late summer and near autumn of the 14th year of Chongzhen, if the Emperor Chongzhen really went to sea with the fleet, what would he do if he encountered these situations?

In case the dragon princes on these barbarians don't know Chinese characters, it will be useless for your old man to issue more "exemption from court" imperial edicts!

Concerned about Emperor Chongzhen's safety, Zhu Chunchen directly bowed and said, "Your Majesty, Qizuo, the matter of the expedition to England, I and the British Duke should be fully aware of it.

Your Majesty is the weight of the country and the country, and it is really not suitable to go on an expedition at sea. Please think twice, Your Majesty! "

Zhang Zhiji also bowed and said: "Think twice, Your Majesty! I am willing to issue a military order and lead an expedition to England alone. If you can't take back those lands, I will come to see you!"

Lai Zongdao and the other civil and military ministers didn't care about barbarians or not, so they bowed together and said, "Your Majesty, please think twice!"

It doesn't matter to the barbarians, it's never too late to catch them, the Ministry of Railways can't digest them all if they catch too many at one time, and it will probably cause a certain degree of waste.

Therefore, if you can't catch it this time, you can just catch it next time, and there is no need to be so anxious at all.

But Emperor Chongzhen is going to make an expedition to England, who can guarantee that there will be no accidents at sea?When the time comes to help the young master ascend the throne?

It is no problem for the young master to ascend the throne, but who is responsible for the turmoil caused by it?

The old Liu family is so awesome, didn't it also suffer from bad luck because of the young emperor's problem?

Didn't even Daming have many problems due to the change of emperor?

In short, no matter what, Chongzhen cannot be allowed to be self-willed again, let alone let his old man board a warship and go to England to fight!

Emperor Chongzhen was also helpless.

Emperor Chongzhen also knew that these ministers were all for his own good and worried about his own safety, but he couldn't go to England to pretend to be a coercion, he couldn't understand this idea!

However, no matter how inaccessible it is, it is useless. Emperor Chongzhen knew in his heart that none of these civil and military ministers would dare to let him board the ship for an expedition without any way to ensure his own safety.

In addition to his status as the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, it is also because his emperor is different from the other emperors of the Ming Dynasty - it is not a big deal to build slaves and expand the territory. Several emperors of the Ming Dynasty can do it.

It is different from other emperors because I can bring different benefits to these guys, and let them see the possibility of getting a piece of land and dividing it.

If I die now, even if these people help protect the young master to ascend the throne, in the palace, and in the court, can they guarantee that their current policies will continue to be implemented?

Especially in the case of his own death, it is estimated that there are not one or two people who jumped out to object.

After suffering from a headache for a long time, Emperor Chongzhen suddenly remembered a word.

Suez Canal.

In the previous life, the teasing and ignorance made Emperor Chongzhen feel that Suez, surnamed Su, must be a great man. He can preside over the digging of such a large canal, which is probably not much better than His Majesty Yang Er.

However, after Emperor Chongzhen checked the information carefully on the Internet, he discovered that the building surnamed Su was not built by a person surnamed Su, but was built by Pharaoh Senusert III Suez of Egypt's No.12 Dynasty.

Moreover, the Suez Canal seems to have been abandoned and re-dug several times back and forth. It was not until the lame man died that the reconstruction work was restarted. When it was finally dug through, the "Great Qing" had already begun to collapse.

Of course, when Emperor Chongzhen thought of the Suez Canal now, he didn't think about whether the Qing Dynasty was dilapidated or not—it was originally a dilapidated settlement, and occasionally broke out, and the final outcome could not escape dilapidation.

The reason why Emperor Chongzhen thought of the Suez Canal was that he could go to Europe through Suez without passing through Africa. Compared with the risk of going through the Cape of Good Hope, the risk of the canal was obviously lower.

This also means that I can go to Europe through this canal to pretend to slap people in the face and slash people, and the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty can't pick out any big problems.

As for the time and manpower and material resources needed to build the canal, Emperor Chongzhen was not particularly worried.

Let’s not talk about time, since I am now in my prime of life, a more elegant way of saying it is the peak of spring and autumn, so naturally I don’t worry about the situation that the river will die before it is dug.

In terms of manpower, there are laborers from the Mughals and West Kunlun, plus the supervisors from the Wa Kingdom, presumably manpower is not a problem.

Only in terms of material resources, some people have a headache.

However, it's not a big problem - even if the Ming treasury doesn't pay a penny, wouldn't there be fat sheep like the Mughals and the East India Company paying the bill?

In short, I want to build a canal too!

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Chapter 669 drive away wolf

After being silly for a long time, Emperor Chongzhen ordered: "Come here, hang up the Kanyu map."

Wang Chengen bowed and agreed, and Dang Shi led a group of young eunuchs to hang up the geomancy map that had just been drawn.

Looking at the huge map in front of him, not only the Emperor Chongzhen was very happy, but also the servants who accompanied him from the Ministry of Industry were extremely happy - did you see, this map was made by me!

For the production of map maps, I have already gained some experience in the work.

Every one or two years, the whole map of Ming Dynasty needs to be remade with the expansion of the territory. No matter how stupid or stupid people will master certain skills, let alone bear the heavy responsibility of making maps the Ministry of Industry.

The whole map in front of me was also produced by the Ministry of Industry, and almost all known places were included in it.

After walking in front of the Kanyu map, Emperor Chongzhen stretched out his hand and gestured: "From the top of the Kanyu map, this is the end point of Zheng He's voyages to the west, and the bones are all tied up.

There is just a port here in Mugudushu that can sail inward, and if it goes northwest, it may not be enough for Fuchuan warships to navigate.

However, as long as we get through here, my Ming fleet can go directly to the land of England via Mugu Dushu. The risk is much less than going to the Cape of Good Hope, and the distance is extremely short.

Therefore, what I mean is, first send people from the fleet and the Ministry of Industry to check the situation here.

If possible, build a canal here to communicate with the sea, so that they can come and go. "

Lai Zongdao immediately turned his attention to the civil servants in the big tent.

It is not that no one has ever built a canal in history, and the Central Plains Dynasty has done it quite a few times.

The oldest canal can be traced back to the Xu River at the end of the Spring and Autumn Period - King Helu of Wu conquered Chu, and Wu Yuan opened it to pass through the Songdao.

Further on, there is the Lingqu Canal dug by the first emperor in 28 years to communicate the shipping between the Xiangjiang River and the Lijiang River, and the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal opened by His Majesty Yang Er.

The canal is indeed a good thing, just like the Xu River, the oldest canal in the currently known data, was still in use during the Chongzhen period, not to mention the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, which bears the heavy burden of water transportation.

But the trouble of digging the canal was terrible.

First of all, the location must be selected, and the shipping route must be short, the project cost is relatively low, the management and maintenance are more convenient, and there are more benefits in the later stage.

Secondly, the canal has to take into account the water level difference between different rivers and sea areas, as well as the speed of the water flow and the bearing capacity of the ship.