Now, it is a prosperous place, but after his death, will these still be maintained, or will these systems still be suitable after a few decades?
Under the feudal system, the royal clan and those princes of the opposite sex, will they always guard the imperial court, will Dahua eventually become another Zhou Dynasty and open a new Warring States era Or, in the present parliamentary system, under this constitutional monarchy, the industrial and commercial capitalists, these increasingly powerful strata, will they finally make a revolution?
Zhang Chao didn't know either.
Sometimes, he feels like he's thinking too much, and other times, he feels like these problems are imminent.
Zhang Chao has also made a lot of arrangements for these problems that he can think of, but he can't guarantee that these arrangements will still be useful after his death.
After all, things are not set in stone.
Jinshan Bay, far from Poyang Lake.
On the wharf in the harbor, Li Shimin was a little unwilling and angry, and finally became helpless.
His expedition to the northwest failed only half a year at the beginning.
The further north it went, the more difficult it became, the tribes there became fewer and fewer, more and more barren, and it was also colder, the march was more difficult, and the supplies were more difficult, and it was difficult to sustain them by local supplies.
In the end, Xu Ji asked Li Shimin to suspend the western expedition, and Li Shimin was forced to agree to this request after thinking about it for three days and three nights.
Today, Xu Ji's expeditionary force returned to Jinshan Harbor by boat, and organized 8,000 people when he went, Xu Ji also attacked and conquered many Yin tribes along the way, and the expeditionary force was once as high as more than 10,000 people.
But now less than 5,000 people have returned to the harbor, and more than half have been lost.
This is a heavy blow to Li Shimin today.
The failure of the Western Expedition was also a painful blow to his ambitions, and even affected his prestige as the hegemon of western North America.
"Your Majesty, please plead."
Xu Ji had a big beard and a thin face, and before the Western Expedition, he had anticipated the difficulties, but when he really started the Western Expedition, he still underestimated the release.
The expedition to the west is even more terrible than the expedition to Mobei in the Central Plains.
What I am most afraid of is not the Yin tribes that become more and more fierce the further north, but the fewer people go north, the colder the weather gets, and the more you go, the more desperate it becomes, as if there is no end at all.
In particular, they were also infected with a layer of wind chill, and many people in the expeditionary force were infected, and thousands died.
In the end, there was not enough food, and Xu Ji even had to kill the remaining Yin prisoners, and only by eating their meat did he bring back the five thousand people.
For more than a month, they have been eating human jerky, and Xu Ji and his five thousand people have already eaten with green eyes.
"It's my lack of consideration, it's not your fault.
Get up, I have a new plan. ” More than 5,000 people went ashore, and they all had a feeling of the rest of their lives after the catastrophe, and some even picked up the wine and meat of the comfort army and ate it violently.
Looking at this group of people, Li Shimin couldn't help but shake his head, he was afraid that the Western Expedition would be no longer possible.
In the future, even if he wanted to go west again, no one would be willing to take any more risks.
Back at the castle, Li Shimin said to Xu Ji, "This expedition to the west was caused by my poor consideration, which led to this heavy loss.
Our losses were too great, we prepared so long and so much, and it turned out to be a complete failure.
We are in a very bad situation now, with insufficient food and equipment in stock, and even many Yin people are resentful of us.
There are also more and more colonies next to it, and now, there are twenty-three Central Plains colonies on the west coast of North America. ” Li Shimin never believed that Zhang Chao would really be lenient to him and let him go.
And now more and more colonies, in his opinion, are Zhang Chao's conspiracy, a rope around his neck step by step.
"During the period when you led your troops to the west, there were ships from the Central Plains coming over, and they took the approval of the imperial court, saying that they would mine gold on our Jinshan Peninsula and build a gold mine, but they only gave us 30% of the mining tax.
The Jinshan Peninsula is my fiefdom, but Zhang Chao let people mine my gold without my consent, does this still put me in his eyes?"
Xu Ji chewed a steamed bun and listened while chewing.
"This is not in accordance with the statute and the Magna Carta, and His Majesty can appeal to the House of Lords.
The Jinshan Peninsula is a fief of His Majesty, even if gold is mined, then this gold mine belongs to His Majesty, and those merchants have to pay contract mining fees to His Majesty, and they have to pay taxes. ” "This court is all Zhang Chao's, and the parliament is just a stage for him to play with power.
Appeal, huh.
I won't look for this insult, since Zhang Chao wants to play, then I will play with him.
Li Shimin sneered a few times, the failure of this western expedition hit him very hard.
However, he was not discouraged by this, on the contrary, he was even more motivated.
Since the westward expedition is no longer possible, there is no other choice.
"Duke Mao, I plan to use troops against the colonies, and those Yin people have nothing to rob of.
The Mayans could have robbed them, but they were too far away, and our ships were still too few, so it was too late to invest troops to go to war in China and the United States.
The most important thing is that the colonies have everything we urgently need, there are Han immigrants from the Central Plains, there are various craftsmen from the Central Plains, and even in the various colonies, there are many materials and commodities transported from the Central Plains, these are what we need, if we can capture these 20 colonies and incorporate them into our rule, then we will have stronger strength in North America, and then we will have more ships, more soldiers, and more ordnance.
You will be able to attack the Mayan city-states in Central America, capture their cities, capture their populations, seize their food and money, and then build more ships, train more troops, and then lead a huge expeditionary fleet to return to the Central Plains and recapture the world."
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Xu Ji was shocked when he heard this.
"Attack the colony" He took a breath of cool air, the steamed bun in his mouth almost choked him, Wei Chigong poured him a glass of water, he grabbed it and drank it quickly, and finally swallowed the steamed bun.
"But, Your Majesty, if we do something against the colonies now, the other colonies will surely unite against us at once.
The strength of these colonies is not weak, especially when united, they are definitely stronger than us, and the most important thing is that once we take action against the colonies, then the Central Plains may regard us as a rebellion, and then send a fleet to conquer us, what should we do?"
It's definitely no problem to fight one or two colonies, but there are more than twenty colonies here, not to mention, if you fight the colonies, it will attract the Central Plains Dahua army to conquer.
Li Shimin smiled disapprehantly, "I have thought about it, the Central Plains is tens of thousands of miles away, even if Zhang Chao gets the news, it will be at least half a year later, and it will take another half a year to send the army, we have at least a year before the arrival of his army, in this year's time, we can't beat these colonies, don't look at the colonies, there are a lot of militia guards, but these people are just some militiamen, especially the ones who command them are just some greedy businessmen, how can they fight us" Not to mention Wei Chigong and Xu Maogong, two top generals, even Li Shimin himself, although he is lame now, can command a war, and it is not comparable to a group of colonial businessmen.
One year is enough time for him to break through each of these colonies, and then integrate their resources, so what if Zhang Chao really sends an expeditionary force.
The world is far away, how many soldiers can Zhang Chao send at one time.
In this America, he is fighting on his own soil, and he can even go to form an alliance with the Mayans against Zhang Chao's expeditionary force.
"Since the Central Plains can't go back for the time being, then this America will snatch him down first."
Li Shimin said fiercely.
Xu Ji was surprised and didn't know how to speak.
He always felt that the emperor was getting more and more crazy now, and he really dared to think and do anything.
Last time, I wanted to go out to the west, and now I want to send troops to fight the colonies.
Xu Ji looked at Wei Chigong, and he found that this black charcoal was silent, and he obviously did not support the emperor's bold plan.
But looking at the emperor's appearance, he has made up his mind, and there is no room for negotiation at all.
"Your Majesty, do you think again?"
"I've thought twice about it."
The atmosphere was a little awkward, Xu Ji didn't want to come to the Americas at the beginning, but then he had no choice but to come.
After coming, of course, I didn't think about going back to the Central Plains, let alone accompanying the emperor to make a comeback or anything.
Even if he later learned that the throne of Zhongyuan Chengqian was usurped by Zhang Chao and that Datang had become Dahua, he was not too surprised in his heart, which was originally expected.
Knowing that everything was fine with the Xu family, he was satisfied.
In this life, he is just a British prince in the Americas, although he has always called Li Shimin His Majesty, it is just a past monarch and minister, but he really never thought that he would go against the sky.
But now Li Shimin is not joking, the Western Expedition failed, and he wanted to attack the colony, this is not an ordinary act, if he wants to do it, it will definitely be a provocation to the imperial court, and it will definitely be a rebellion.
No matter how tolerant Zhang Chao is, he will not tolerate it.
Wu lifted the curtain from behind.
"The British duke, the German duke, don't you have other worries, are you worried about the family in the Central Plains?"
Wei Chigong and Xu Ji were silent.
Saying that it is not worried is false, plotting rebellion and rebellion is a heinous crime, and it will inevitably implicate the family.
Think about the eldest grandson Wuji, Gao Shilian and others, they just supported Chengqian, but after Zhang Chao seized the throne, he exiled them to Africa, not only for them personally, but for their entire family, and all generations were thrown away and uprooted.
If they follow Li Shimin to fight the colony, the consequences are unpredictable.
"Your Majesty, think twice."
Li Shimin's face sank, and his eyes were fixed on the faces of the two like knives.
"Forget it, since you don't want to, then I won't be reluctant.
Stand down."
Xu Ji and Wei Chigong retreated.
Li Shimin slapped his palm on the case, "Hmph" "Your Majesty, if Wei Chigong and Xu Ji can't be used, they can't stay, otherwise there will be endless troubles.
They are afraid of the Central Plains family today and refuse to obey Your Majesty's orders, how do you know that in the future, they will not obey the decree of the Central Plains Imperial Court because they are afraid of the Central Plains family, and their Majesty does not want the backyard to catch fire when attacking other colonies," Wu Meiniang said next to Li Shimin. t1706231537: