Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1742, the floating Kansu II
Inside the Study Room of the Emperor Qianqing Palace.

"Your Majesty, the Red Navy called, saying that the Egyptian warships actually prevented our Red Navy from patrolling the Red Sea, saying that the northern part of the Red Sea belongs to their Egyptian waters, and that our Ming Fleet is not allowed to patrol."

Zhu Fu, the governor of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, reported with a copy of the latest news from the Red Navy.

"Humph~"

"It's unreasonable, this Egypt has become really arrogant now, all their so-called warships were bought from me, Ming Dynasty, our Da Ming Red Navy has been patrolling the Red Sea since its inception, and now our Da Ming fleet is not allowed to patrol. "

When Emperor Hongzhi heard this, he immediately became angry.

If the Egyptians were really powerful, they wouldn’t be beaten by Portugal and couldn’t get out of the Red Sea. Now that they bought a few warships from our Ming Dynasty and won a few battles in succession, they started to drift away. The Red Sea is on patrol.

"Your Majesty, I think that Egypt is trying to test our Ming Dynasty. If I, Ming Dynasty, don't give them a tough look, they may propose to return to the Egyptian Canal next step."

Liu Jin stood up and said.

"What Liu Gong said is reasonable. It is said that Kansu II of Egypt now claims to be the Great Arabian Emperor. He wants to re-establish the Arab Empire. He has [-] troops under his command. The soldiers are strong and strong. They have won several vicious battles with the Persians in the Middle East. Sub-Ottoman Empire."

"Coupled with Spain's gradual inability to compete with them for Alexandria and some areas in North Africa, they feel that they are stronger and can sit on an equal footing with our Ming Empire, and their ambitions are greater."

He Zhong also stood up and expressed his opinion.

If you want to say that the most floating now, it must be the Egyptians. From the little brother who was bullied by the Ottoman Empire, he was locked up by Portugal and couldn't even get out of the Red Sea. Then the internal land mergers were serious and peasant uprisings were frequent.

Up to now, the strength has gradually become stronger, the soldiers are strong and the horses are strong, and Kansu II has gradually mastered all the power, and people start to drift.

"Your Majesty, I thought it was necessary to beat Egypt hard to let them know how powerful our Ming Empire is."

Hanwen stood up and said.

The Egyptian Canal is of great importance, and Ming has half of the ownership. Every year, the Egyptian Canal can distribute nearly ten million taels of silver to the shareholders of the Egyptian Canal. This is real money.

From the emperor to the ordinary ministers, who doesn't have any shares in the Egyptian canal?

If this allows the Egyptians to take back half of the ownership of the Egyptian Canal, I don’t know how many people will suffer heavy losses.

"Well, it's time to beat Egypt hard."

"How do you love to beat Egypt?"

Emperor Hongzhi nodded. The millions of shares in the Egyptian Canal in his hands were worth hundreds of millions of taels of silver. Emperor Hongzhi would never allow Egypt to take back half of the ownership of the Egyptian Canal.

"Your Majesty, the reason why Egypt is so ambitious is because they have some soldiers and horses and warships in their hands. As long as they destroy all these soldiers, horses and warships in their hands, they will understand what they have. How many catties and taels."

"I think we can support the Ottoman Empire. They have been asking us to buy arms and weapons. In addition, they sell some warships to the Spaniards, so that the Spaniards and the Ottoman Empire can deal with this Egyptian."

"Of course, if the Egyptians annoy us again, they can order the Red Sea Fleet and the Mediterranean Fleet to give them some color. In addition, Chu State borders Egypt, and the two sides have been competing for some land in the middle reaches of the Nile. We can also Appropriately support Chu State against Egypt."

Liu Jin thought about it and said.

Daming's own use of force is naturally the most effective and fastest, but this is not within the scope of beating, but rubbing Egypt on the ground.

"Your Majesty, from the point of view of the old minister, just dispatch an army to destroy it, and turn the whole of Egypt into a colony of my Ming Dynasty, and give the ownership of the Egyptian canal to our Ming Dynasty."

Zhu Fu stood up and expressed his opinion.

The Ming army has not fought for several years, and they are all eager to expand the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and they are also eager to gain merits and rewards through expansion.

"In Egypt, apart from the Egyptian Canal, there are very few other valuable places. There are only some oases and fertile land along the Nile River, and most of the areas are desert areas."

"Now Egypt has hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses in its hands. If I, Ming Dynasty, use force directly, I am afraid that at least the same number of troops will need to be mobilized."

"I think we should follow Liu Gong's law to beat Egypt. My Ming Dynasty also needs Egypt to form a tripartite confrontation with the Persian and Ottoman Empires in the Middle East, restraining and restricting each other."

Wang Shouren thought about it carefully and expressed his opinion.

"Well, then do as Liu Jin said, beat, beat Egypt well, let them know how much they really have."

Emperor Hongzhi thought for a while and nodded in agreement, and then issued an order.

"Yes~"

All the ministers quickly replied in unison.

In Egypt, in the palace of Kansu II, Kansu II sits on a high throne.

This throne is set with reference to the position of the emperor in the imperial palace on the side of the Ming Empire. It means to be on the top, high above.

"Great Emperor~"

"You are the co-lord of the three continents, the almighty and all-knowing saint!"

"You are the incarnation of the great prophet, you lead us to glory and build a great empire!"

Under the steps, the ministers are constantly flattering, and Kansu II enjoys all this very much. He even proclaimed himself the greatest emperor in history, the greatest prophet, the spokesperson of the Lord in the world, and the son of God. , Holy Master and so on a series of titles.

I can't wait to wear all the honors and hats on my head.

He really floated away.

Carefully recalling what he has done over the years has made Kansu II a little bit elated.

I personally brought Egypt back from a situation of internal and external troubles, facing collapse and extinction, and slowly brought it back, and possessed everything it has now.

Not only is there a powerful army, there are more than [-] troops, including tens of thousands of troops with brand-new weapons, tens of thousands of elite Arab cavalry, and more than [-] powerful Mamluk infantry.

In the Middle East and the Persian Empire, the Ottoman Empire was severely beaten, and the two river basins that were unthinkable before were conquered, and many tribes on the Arabian Peninsula were conquered.

Here in North Africa, they fought with Spain around Alexandria, defeated Spain several times, and expanded a large amount of land to the west, occupying some important areas in North Africa.

To the south, it also continued to expand to the upper reaches of the Nile River and the hinterland of Africa, and acquired a large area of ​​land to alleviate the increasingly acute internal land conflicts.

In terms of finances, it used to be poor, but now, relying on the income from the Egyptian Canal and the convenience of being located in the core hub of the three continents to develop trade, it has quickly become rich, and the palace is decorated with incomparable luxury. , It is almost necessary to use gold to build palaces and halls.

In terms of the political situation, when I first came to the throne, I had very little power, and most of the power was in the hands of the feudal military nobles and lords, and the big feudal lords didn't take themselves seriously at all.

Now, almost all disobedient feudal military nobles and lords have been cleaned up by him. His power is unprecedentedly strong, and no one dares to oppose him and disobey his orders.

It can be said that from all aspects, Kansu II also felt that he was a great emperor, someone who could be compared with those famous emperors in history.

"Only the Ming Empire can compare with the Egyptian Emperor!"

The courtiers flattered desperately, comparing Egypt with the Ming Empire, and some flatterers even thought that the Ming Empire was far inferior to the current Egypt.

I feel that Egypt has surpassed the existence of the Ming Empire, and Kansu II and the Emperor of the Ming Empire each ruled half of the earth.

"Your Majesty, the Egyptian canal is a canal dug out of my Egyptian land. Its ownership should belong to us Egypt, to your great majesty."

"The Ming Empire only spent some money to dig the canal, and the people who hired it were still us Egyptians, and our Egypt is already as powerful as the Ming Empire."

"How can we allow the Ming people to occupy half of the Egyptian canal? This is the greatest shame to our Egypt."

"Your Majesty, I also think that we should take back the ownership of the other half of the Egyptian canal. In this way, Egypt can earn a huge profit of nearly tens of millions of taels of silver a year."

Kansu II was floating, and the ministers in the audience were clamoring to take back the other half of Egypt's ownership.

"Your Majesty, absolutely impossible."

"The construction of the Egyptian canal, we had an agreement with the Ming Empire at the beginning, and it was also a matter of mutual agreement. The Ming people invested, provided technology, and we provided land, and the proceeds were shared equally."

"If you break the contract now, wouldn't you be breaking the promise of the world?"

"What's more, the Ming Empire is neither the Ottoman Empire nor Spain. The strength of the Ming Empire is so strong that we cannot easily offend it. Once we offend the Ming Empire, our situation will be worrisome."

"Besides, the Ming Empire will never give up half of the ownership of the Egyptian Canal. It will inevitably lead to the overwhelming force of the Ming Empire and the loss of life."

Of course, there are still ministers who are very sober. The strength of the Ming Empire is definitely not a joke. If you dare to take it back, the army of the Ming Empire can come to your house the next day.

"Although there is an agreement, the people of Daming have already withdrawn all their investment over the years. How can we keep letting the people of Ming take advantage of it? Today is different from the past. Our Egypt is no longer the Egypt it used to be."

"What is your intention? Once the Ming Empire attacks us, what will you use to get there?"

"I have hundreds of thousands of elite troops in Egypt, how can I be afraid of the Ming people?"

"If they dare to come, we will definitely make the people of Ming Dynasty look good. Isn't it just that we have defeated the Ottoman Empire, and we have also defeated the Ottoman Empire."

"What do you call winning? You are still with the Persians. Do you really think that you are as powerful as the Ming Empire?"

In the audience, the ministers were divided into two rows to argue endlessly.

"Okay, let's not mention this matter for now, it's better not to provoke the people of Daming."

Kansu II looked at both sides, thought for a while and said.

Although he was drifting away, he was still very afraid of Daming and had no confidence.

(End of this chapter)