Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 2132, Daming needs a competitor

In the Study Room of the Qianqing Palace in the Daming Palace, Zhu Houzhao called important ministers for a small meeting as usual.

Unlike in history, Zhu Houzhao is much more mature now, and he participates in everything normally, but he seems listless a lot of the time.

Especially after the enthronement ceremony, for two or three months, Zhu Houzhao didn't seem to be very energetic. The reason is that everyone knows that a large number of beauties have come here from all over the place. I'm busy, so I don't have much energy during the day.

But fortunately, after all, he is a person who is about to run for four, his temper is much more stable, and he also knows the responsibilities on his shoulders, so he has never let go of what will happen this morning.

"Your Majesty~"

"The governor of Hong Kong in Europe has called, and the Spanish Empire is ready to take action against the Netherlands and other lowland areas!"

Liu Jin looked at Zhu Houzhao, with dark circles under his eyes and pale face, he must have worked too hard at night.

Liu Jin was worried that he would not die of a disease due to the reverse flow as in history, and if he continued to indulge in excesses, his body would also have serious problems.

It is still young and able to withstand it, but in a few years, this will be worrying.

"Oh, Spain is finally going to attack the Netherlands?"

When Zhu Houzhao heard this, he immediately regained his energy.

What he likes the most is actually the military, and what he wants to be the most is the champion, who can lead the army to sweep the four directions and expand the territory. As for women, they are ranked second.

It's just that with the development of Ming Dynasty to the present stage, there are almost no battles to fight. If the fight continues, the whole world will be included in the territory of the Ming Empire.

Now hearing that Spain is finally going to attack the lowlands of the Netherlands, everyone is excited.

"Charles V bought a lot of arms and weapons from our Ming Dynasty. I thought he was just going to buy them for fun. Now he has finally started to do it. I just don't know what the strategic vision and command ability of this Charles V are. Sample."

"Ambition is enough, and we have it, and the means are not bad. If we can become a generation of heroes and unify Europe, haha, then our Ming Dynasty will have something to play with."

The more Zhu Houzhao thought about it, the more excited he became.

This Daming is lonely and cold now, he has no opponent, and he, the emperor, also finds it very boring. He wants to find someone to clean up, but he can't find it.

After being beaten up twice by Da Ming, the Ottoman Empire is now very honest. They obeyed Da Ming's words and did not dare to neglect anything. They couldn't find an excuse to beat him up.

As for Persia, he was an old friend of Daming. Last time, he attacked some Persian beauties.

It seems that there are only a few countries in Europe that can fight, such as France, Spain, the Holy Roman Empire, etc., but they seem to be a little less interesting, and they are not strong enough, even if they win. What is the taste.

But if the Spanish Empire can unify Europe and build a powerful empire, it will be different. To Zhu Houzhao, being able to defeat such a powerful empire will be a taste and a sense of accomplishment.

Hearing Zhu Houzhao's words, Liu Jin was dumbfounded.

Is there such an operation?
Why have I been working hard to suppress Europe for many years, keeping Europe in dire straits and dispersing Europe's power.

Isn't it because of the fear that Europe will rise and become Ming's competitor and obstacle?

Otherwise, why did I work so hard to get Ming to participate in the two wars in Europe, and to support Spain with all my strength, allowing Spain to win against England and France.

Now you are doing well, even saying that you want to support Spain in unifying Europe, and then come and fight Spain.

Isn't this just looking for trouble and creating a strong competitor for yourself?
Once Europe is unified, its strength will quickly become stronger, and a unified Europe will not be a Europe that can be manipulated by the Ming Empire as it is now.

This Zhu Houzhao's mind is playing with women, right?
Liu Jin couldn't help but complain in his heart.

But if you think about Zhu Houzhao in history carefully, you can really do such a thing.

Like the rebellion of King Ning in history, Wang Shouren had already captured King Ning, but Zhu Houzhao, who led the army to the south, was very upset.

You have arrested King Ning even before you have displayed your military command ability?
Didn't I just go south for nothing, that's not okay.

So Zhu Houzhao ordered people to release King Ning, and then sent people to arrest King Ning again.

Such a cat-playing-mouse-like behavior made him overwhelmed with addiction.

Zhu Houzhao did a lot of ridiculous things in history, so Zhu Houzhao first supported the Spanish Empire, and waited for it to unify Europe and then compete with the Spanish Empire after it became stronger.

This is not impossible, maybe he intends to do it in his heart.

After thinking about this clearly, in Liu Jin's heart, ten million grass-mud horses walked by.

In my heart, I can understand the helplessness of Liu Jian and Li Dongyang in history. When encountering such a master, who is also extremely willful, there is really nothing to do.

Especially in history, Zhu Houzhao succeeded to the throne at a young age, his temperament was uncertain, he was playful, he was the emperor, and he acted recklessly, so there was nothing to do with him.

I'm pretty good now.

At least he was about to run for four, at least from the current point of view, apart from being lustful, there was nothing special about him.

Go to court when it is time to go to court, criticize memorials when it is time to criticize, and so on. They also have their own opinions on many things, and they also have their own ideas on governing the country.

For example, Zhu Houzhao now attaches great importance to the construction of railways. Not long ago, he discussed with Liu Jin to build a faster express railway, so as to strengthen the communication between various places in Daming. Well, it is also convenient for Zhu Houzhao to go to various places in Daming when he is in a good mood. Take a look around.

"Your Majesty, the unification of Europe is of no benefit to our Ming Dynasty."

"Scattered Europe is in our Ming Dynasty's best interest."

Liu Jin quickly stood up and said.

"I know, I know, I just admire this Charles V."

"Well, with ambition, means, and strategies, he is a good monarch."

"Our Daming, at this point, has no competitors. If this continues, it will not work. The old saying goes well, born in sorrow and died in peace."

"Our Daming Empire is too powerful, so powerful that we have no opponents. If it goes on for a long time, the millions of lions of this Ming Dynasty will be destroyed. Occasionally, we still have to be pulled out to train soldiers, so that we can know whether this army can really carry it. Take up the responsibility and shoulder the heavy responsibility of defending the country"

Zhu Houzhao smiled and nodded.

"Your Majesty, what you said is very reasonable."

Liu Jin was speechless, but what Zhu Houzhao said actually made sense.

After all, Daming hadn't used troops abroad for some years, and the million-dollar army he raised was just regular high-level drills, with his own people and his own people.

The main reason is that the Ming Empire is too powerful, and no one in the world dares to mess with it. If you want to find someone to train soldiers, you can't find anyone.

In the past, the Ottoman Empire could be taught a lesson, and the Ottoman Empire trained its soldiers, but now the Ottoman Empire has also been beaten up, and they dare not provoke Da Ming.

Looking around the world, the Ming Empire has millions of lions, and it has no rivals.

"Haha, you also think what I said makes sense."

When Zhu Houzhao heard this, he immediately laughed happily.

"Our Ming Dynasty needs an opponent, a competitor."

"Since Charles V of Spain has ambition and foundation, we, Daming, might as well support him more."

"We will sell arms and weapons to him if he wants them, and we will lend him money if he has no money."

"Let him toss to his death in Europe, I really want to see what he can do."

"Anyway, no matter what Spain looks like in the end, for our Ming Empire, we will all make money."

"We can sell arms and weapons on both sides and make money on both sides, and let them fight slowly."

"If Charles V fails, we will not lose anything. If he succeeds, we can have one more competitor in the Ming Empire. It is also a good thing to have some external pressure and competition."

"You can't always keep an eye on this little shit inside Daming. It's nothing more than fighting for power and profit. Thousands of years have passed like this, and it's not too late."

Zhu Houzhao stood up, looked at the important ministers of Ming Dynasty present, and said slowly.

Liu Jin listened carefully to what the princes said, and sighed in his heart, Zhu Houzhao's more than [-] years of work has not been in vain.

Zhu Houzhao in history acted arbitrarily and recklessly, doing whatever he wanted, and doing whatever he wanted, without considering the feelings and difficulties of his courtiers at all.

But Zhu Houzhao is different now.

Although he is still headstrong, he knows how to do it better.

He wants to support Spain to fight the war in Europe. He will not directly say that he wants to support Spain, but talk about the many benefits of supporting Spain.

I also know that combined with the current situation of Daming, it is said that Daming needs a competitor and must have a sense of urgency.

In fact, after all, Zhu Houzhao didn't want to see that after Spain became stronger, Daming could go to war with Spain at that time, and he, the emperor, could enjoy the addiction of a champion.

The people he admired most since he was a child were Huo Qubing and Wei Qing, and he even believed that it was what a man should do if he opened up territories and lands in order to secure his wife and children.

This has never changed.

"The power of Spain is still too weak now, and it is not enough to unify Europe at all."

"Give power to Charles V, we Ming are willing to support him, we want arms and weapons for arms and weapons, and we want loans for loans!"

(End of this chapter)