My father Zhu Gaoxu

Chapter 900 Seven Years (Part )

Seven years have passed by in a hurry, and Zhu Zhanhe sometimes laments that time is really passing by faster and faster, and he has now entered middle age.

And in these seven years, a lot of things happened.

The first is the Han Dynasty's Mediterranean strategy. The entire strategic plan was formulated by Zhu Zhanhe himself, which was divided into several sub-strategies, such as the Ottoman strategy, the Venetian strategy, and the Genoese strategy.

Zhu Zhanhe was involved in the entire strategy. Although there were some twists and turns, such as Murad II's counterattack, it generally developed in the direction Zhu Zhanhe expected.

The current Ottoman Empire has been completely divided into two. Mufas occupied the entire Asian area. However, Mufas also suffered heavy losses when fighting with Jader, the governor of Asia appointed by Murad II. In the end, although The opponent was eliminated, but Mufas was also severely injured, and he has not recovered until now.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Zhu Zhanhe also asked Jin Yiwei to plant many spies under Mufas. After all, as long as they were willing to pay some benefits, those nobles who had taken refuge in Mufas would not mind betraying him again. After all, everyone knew , compared to Mufas, the big man is the real master.

Of course, Zhu Zhanhe did this mainly to prevent Mufas from getting rid of the big man's control after he recovered his strength, so he made some preparations in advance. If Mufas had been obedient, then these preparations would not work. will have any effect.

Compared with Mufas, Murad II on the other side of the strait has suffered successive blows in recent years. First, European countries, led by the Han Dynasty, once again organized a coalition to go south, and fought with Murad II's army in Nico A decisive battle began around the fort.

Originally, the European coalition forces were no match for the Ottoman army, but this time they had the support of the Han Dynasty, which not only equipped their army with some advanced firearms, but also sent a navy to harass the Ottoman coastal areas.

In the end, under the joint attack of both sides, Murad II was defeated in Nicoburg. Not only did he lose tens of thousands of troops, but he also lost part of the northern territory.

Taking advantage of the defeat of Murad II, the Roman Empire, with the support of the Han Dynasty, actually broke out of Constantinople and regained part of the coastal land, gaining a considerable living space for the empire.

What's even more rare is that many Romans, Greeks, and even Albanians who were trapped in the Ottoman territory also came to seek refuge after seeing that the Roman Empire had regained its territory. This also made the Roman Empire's strength grow rapidly. , coupled with the support of the Han Dynasty behind them, gave them the strength to protect themselves, and even took the opportunity to expand to the northern coastal areas.

It can be said that Murad II is now facing the attack from the European countries in the north and the Roman Empire in the south. Behind these two forces, there are more powerful Han Dynasties. This is without the Han Dynasty directly sending troops to participate in the war.

Compared with the divided Ottoman Empire, Venice has always maintained close ties with the Han Dynasty, especially the economic cooperation between the two parties, which has made both countries profit hugely.

Transported by Venetian merchants, Dahan's goods have almost occupied shops throughout Europe. Even the distant Principality of Moscow is proud to use Dahan's goods. Venice also took advantage of the east wind of the Han Dynasty to continue to expand its influence in Europe, and even captured some surrounding territories. It can be said that Venice's current strength has doubled compared to before.

But the expansion of Venice's strength represents the decline of another Mediterranean power, that is, Genoa. Before the Han Dynasty expanded to the western Mediterranean, it conflicted with Genoa. As Genoa's old enemy, Venice also hoped that the Han Dynasty would help it deal with Genoa.

So in this case, the conflict between the Han Dynasty and Genoa was inevitable. Compared with the land power of the Ottomans, the maritime power of Genoa had no power to fight back against the navy of the Han Dynasty. Even the Han Dynasty and Venice were just A war was launched and most of Genoa's navy was wiped out.

The naval defeat also represented the decline of Genoa. This maritime power soon withdrew from the stage of history. Although it still retains a piece of land territory, it can no longer affect the situation in the Mediterranean.

After defeating Genoa, the Han Dynasty also took the opportunity to extend its power to the western Mediterranean. Taking advantage of the war between the Spanish and the Arabs, it controlled the outlet of the Mediterranean Sea, the Strait of Gibraltar, laying the foundation for the Han Dynasty to enter the Atlantic Ocean.

Now the two outlets of the Mediterranean, the Suez Canal and the Strait of Gibraltar, are all under the control of the Han Dynasty. This also represents that Zhu Zhanhe's Mediterranean strategy has finally completed the first step. Now the entire Mediterranean has become the world of the Han Dynasty. .

In addition to the Mediterranean, many things have happened in the Han Dynasty. For example, the number of Han people has increased sharply, while the native people have gradually decreased. Correspondingly, the plantations opened by the Han people in Africa have become more and more prosperous, and every year they can provide services to the Han people. Provides a lot of agricultural products.

However, in addition to these good news, there is also some not-so-good news. For example, Zhu Gaoxu is getting older and his body is no longer as strong as when he was young. Therefore, in the past two years, Zhu Gaoxu has not gone out to lead troops anymore. Most of them They all stayed in the capital, but the main government affairs were still handled by Zhu Zhanhe. He would rather take his grandchildren hunting than stay in Wenhua Palace for a while.

Zhu Gaoxu even proposed several times that he wanted to pass the throne to Zhu Zhanhe and become a carefree emperor himself, but Zhu Zhanhe was unwilling. The main reason was that the old Zhu family did not have the tradition of being the emperor, and he did not want Zhu Gaoxu to become the emperor. Make exceptions.

In fact, although Zhu Zhanhe is still the prince, the entire Han Dynasty knows that his position as the prince is too solid. Although there are many princes in the Han Dynasty, none of them can threaten his position. It can be said that as long as Zhu Zhanhe is alive, he will Those brothers can only be their own princes honestly.

To put it bluntly, even if something unexpected happened to Zhu Zhanhe, the throne would not be passed to his brothers, because Zhu Zhanhe's eldest son Zhu Qiming has grown up and has shown considerable talents. He has now begun to help Zhu Zhanhe. Zhan He shared some of the government affairs, and he was deeply favored by Zhu Gaoxu, who made him the emperor's grandson early on.

With the father and son Zhu Zhanhe and Zhu Qiming here, Zhu Gaoxu's other children and grandchildren have no chance at all.

In addition, the Han's arrangements for the royal family are also different. If they are really ambitious and capable, like Zhu Zhanqi and Zhu Zhanhe, they can completely rely on their own abilities to start a new business, and Zhu Zhanhe will try his best to provide them with some help.

(End of this chapter)