The addition of the army greatly accelerated the construction of the railway.
In July of the 16th year of the Apocalypse, the railway was finally built to Omsk, and by this time the Ming army detachment had reached as far as the southern slope of the Urals.
There are already a lot of Rakshasa people here.
Although there are no big castles, there are quite a few small towns.
After a small detachment encountered the Cossack cavalry and lost more than 20 people, Cao Wenzhao ordered the army to concentrate on Omsk and prepare to move to large-scale operations.
Zhu Youxiao named Omsk Fumin City and divided the surrounding area into Fumin Prefecture.
Due to the opening of the railway and the abundance of domestic food, planting fields was no longer the most urgent need for immigrants.
A large number of immigrants became workers in railway construction and mining.
The military fortress in Fumin City was also built to match that of Hualong.
The city is almost tall and solid, and the construction of the railway with Hualong City has also begun.
When Cao Wenzhao was gathering troops in Fumin City and preparing for a large-scale war with the Rakshasa people, Ming's European delegation finally arrived in Portugal.
Wang Zheng took office as the chief officer of the Ming Dynasty delegation as Zuo Shaoqing of Honglu Temple.
He was religious, proficient in Latin, proficient in Portuguese and German, and had a certain understanding of the situation in Europe, so he was naturally the most suitable candidate.
Prior to this, Ming Dynasty had sent messengers to Europe and had some contacts with the Holy See.
Wang Zheng's trip was to further communicate with European countries and establish diplomatic relations with them.
When the emperor proposed to establish equal diplomatic relations with European countries, he was opposed by almost all ministers.
In the eyes of the officials of the Ming Dynasty, there was no country that could interact with the Ming Dynasty on an equal footing.
Could it be that the concept of royal land in the world made the Ming Dynasty regard any country as a vassal state.
Why is it almost?
Because some ministers have realized that these barbarians are actually not weaker than the Ming Dynasty in many ways.
For example, Xu Guangqi and Yang Zhizao have realized the advantages of the Europeans and realized that many of the European practices have some influence on the Ming Dynasty.
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However, most officials did not realize this and still believed that the Ming Dynasty was a celestial kingdom.
If other countries wanted to interact with the Ming Dynasty, they could only do so as vassal states.
It was impossible to establish diplomatic relations on an equal footing.
Among them, Zhu Yanxi, the Minister of Rites, was the most opposed.
He said: "The tribute system has been implemented in the Ming Dynasty for more than two hundred years.
How can European barbarians be an exception?
Our Ming Dynasty is a central country, and everyone within the four seas is There is no such thing as equality among vassals."
As soon as he finished speaking, many people immediately echoed, feeling that the Ming Dynasty and the barbarians could only have a tributary relationship and could not have an equal relationship.
At this time, Sun Chuanting, the emperor's number one horseman, appeared: "Your Majesty, I think it is appropriate for this tributary relationship to be used in places near the Ming Dynasty.
But in this distant and foreign land, I'm afraid it won't be of much use."
Zhu Yanxi finally found someone to quarrel with, and quickly said: "Why not?
Aren't they all the same country?
What does distance have to do with it?"
Sun Chuanting said: "Take Myanmar as an example.
It was originally a vassal state of our country, but because our country couldn't take care of them for a while, they became bolder and dared to attack our Ming Dynasty territory.
Fortunately, thanks to His Majesty's power, we finally conquered Myanmar.
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Didn’t European countries, like Spain, say that they were willing to become our vassals before?
As a result, they actually slaughtered our Ming clan in Luzon and other places. , and even fought against our Ming Dynasty.
The only role of such a vassal is to take advantage of us when trading with us.
Other than that, what is the practical significance?
Now that you want European countries to become our vassals, they can completely compromise.
They pretended to agree, and after taking advantage of the trade, they ignored us at all.
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They were doing something illegal, and we were far away across the ocean, so how could we force them to do anything?
Such a vassal was worse than nothing."
Sun Chengzong unexpectedly did not go against Sun Chuanting this time.
He also said: "Only the vassal states that the Ming Dynasty can intimidate or admire my Confucian culture are the truly useful vassal states.
We don't understand the European countries at all now, and they don't understand them at all.
Don't understand It should be impossible for us to admire Confucian culture.
And from such a far away place, can we deter them?
Your Majesty wants to engage with them.
The purpose is to find allies to deal with the Rakshasa people.
You must first make others surrender. , how can others do it?"
Zhu Yanxi said: "I have great power tomorrow, so there is no need to contact the European barbarians to deal with the mere Rakshasa people.
Our Guards are invincible in the world.
If anyone is dissatisfied, we can send out a large army to destroy his country and tie up his chief to comfort him."
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Sun Chuanting said: "As the sage has said, if you get the Dao, you will get many help.
I, the Ming Dynasty, have a majestic way and want to eradicate the shameless Rakshasa people.
So why not bring in a few more friends to be the forerunners of the Ming Dynasty?"
Although these words are high-sounding, the meaning behind them is not very bright.
If the Ming Dynasty forms an alliance with other countries, then the losses of the Ming Dynasty will certainly be reduced.
However, Zhu Yanxi cannot refute this.
He cannot say that he would rather die more Ming soldiers. , and don’t want to let the barbarians be used as cannon fodder.
But Zhu Yanxi still had a way.
He stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, how can the Ming Dynasty lower its status in front of the barbarians?
How can this be possible when I, the great emperor of China, form a brotherly alliance with these small barbarian states?"
Zhu Youxiao had quite a lot of experience in dealing with this kind of rhetoric, but as Zhu Yanxi was the Minister of Rites, he had to save some face for him, which made it not look good for him to retire in office.
But Sun Chuanting had no such scruples and said directly: "Since the Minister feels that he cannot form a brotherly alliance with these barbarians, how about the Ministry of Rites send people to Europe to persuade them to come to the court?"
Zhu Yanxi hurriedly said: "How can this happen?
The Ministry of Rites does not care about dealing with foreign countries.
This is the responsibility of Honglu Temple."
Sun Chuanting said: "It turns out that it is the responsibility of Honglu Temple.
So what role does the Ministry of Rites play in this matter?
When others are doing things, they jump out and say that they are not doing well and others are not doing well.
It is just for the Ministry of Rites to do it.
I believe that the Ministry of Rites We can do better.
Besides, the Ministry of Etiquette is in charge of foreign affairs.
Why is it that when it is said, it is invincible, but when it is done, it is weak?"
Zhu Yanxi was trembling with anger and said: "Sun Gebu, isn't this what a cabinet minister should say?
Why do you say it just like people in the market?"
Seeing Zhu Yanxi's appearance, Zhu Youxiao hurriedly came out and said: "Mr.
Yanxi, don't be angry.
The Sunge Department deals with soldiers every day, and it is normal to use some slang
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