Chapter 137: Recent Developments in the Far East
Li Mu looked at Liu Meng who was staring at him in front of him, looked at whether there was anything different about his outfit, and then touched his face and forehead. After not finding anything inappropriate, he looked puzzled.
When I walked to Yun Yi, I still felt uncomfortable all over, and I always felt something was wrong.
"See Your Majesty."
"No need to be polite. Is there anything urgent to come in a hurry?"
"I haven't seen Your Majesty for a long time. I'm here to report some of the things you explained before leaving. Since more than three months ago, our mission to Europe has successfully completed the tasks assigned by Your Majesty. All major countries have sent permanent ambassadors, and the embassies set up in the north of our Tianjing City have started to work. Moreover, several countries with interests in Africa have purchased a large number of weapons and equipment from us. The equipment replaced by the Royal Guards and the First Army has been sold out, and we have received a large amount of precious metals."
"Very good, we don't need to dominate the world. Perhaps it's better to deal with the enemy and unite more friends for our future. How do they think of missing people in Africa?"
"According to the latest information, European countries have paid more and more attention to the interests of Africa, and so many people have been missing and the resources in the inland have not been harvested, which has attracted their strong attention. Although it is normal for some people to have not had any news for a long time, it seems abnormal for a large number of people to lose news. I think a large-scale war on the African continent is coming. According to the report of our security personnel there, some countries have organized regular troops to go to the inland to find out."
"Yes, there is not much time left for peace. How is our recruitment?"
"Most of the recruitment work has been completed and we are rushing to train and will complete the recruitment task within the time required by His Majesty. Maybe there is news that Your Majesty will be interested." Li Mu suddenly kept his word.
“What is it?”
"Your Majesty, it is news from the Ming Dynasty. Since His Highness Xinwang returned, he still attached the same importance to scholars as before, and he seemed more respectful and generous, and often met with famous scholars, especially scholars from the Donglin Party. But behind his back he seized time to gather all kinds of technical talents, especially some old craftsmen with superb skills in the Ministry of Works, and the famous generals in history we provided him. He sent people to contact him quietly. Judging from the current situation, his life is very good now.
The Ming Dynasty and the people have great reputation and strength, and their strength is different from the past in history. According to the information obtained by the Ministry of Security surveillance, he is now able to manufacture relatively advanced rifles and artillery, and has also learned from our manufacturing methods. The efficiency is also very good. If he can take power in the future, he may soon have an armed force. If the historical records are good, the carpenter emperor will die this year. I believe that he will definitely do something that he ascends to the throne, and he will no longer be the tragic emperor of hanging suicide in history."
"It seems that he has learned a lot in our empire. He has been very diligent in history. If he has a smart mind, the Ming Dynasty may continue for hundreds of years in his hands. I just hope that he can keep his promise and not interrupt the empire's continuous immigration. What about Jiannu in the Northeast? What about them? When will Minister Sun Jian come back? As a senior official, it is really hard for him to stay on the front line of the mission for a long time."
"Jiannu's life is not very good at the moment. Since we reduced the population pressure of the Ming Dynasty, we also had a large amount of food and weapons assistance, the domestic conflicts have decreased, and the prosperity of trade has become more prosperous. Under the demonstration of our troops stationed near Mingzhou, the Ming army stationed outside Shanhaiguan often went out to hunt grass valleys in groups under the temptation of money, because Jiannu's heads made more money than collecting people to give us. Moreover, the Ming Dynasty court is not short of money, and Jiannu has been out of the Ming Dynasty on a large scale.
Under the harassment of the army, they hid in the hinterland of the northeast. They were short of population and obviously had no spare energy to launch an attack. Moreover, our garrisons in the northeast often came ashore to harass their rears. The garrisons in Mingzhou have already taken this task as a practical task. At present, the Ming Dynasty is sing praises, saying that another prosperous era is coming, especially the intimidation of Outer Mongolia by the Ming army tempted by gold and silver, they have obediently submitted, including Jiannu's in-laws, Korqin, who sent people to Beijing reluctantly."
Looking at the Prime Minister Li Mu who was standing and talking, introducing the current situation in the Far East, Yun Yi knew that his arrival had changed too much history. Jiannu in the same period of modern time and space was a period of great development. He often bypassed Shanhaiguan and rushed straight to the pass. The capital, Zhili, Shandong, and the northern part of Shanxi were all places for their cavalry to ride horses. Every time he entered the pass, it would bring a tragedy on earth to the north. Countless people were killed, the young and strong population, and gold and silver were plundered. Then, the plundered gold and silver were used to pass the Shanxi merchant gang to get a large number of people from the Ming Dynasty.
The procurement of grain and various strategic materials in large quantities gradually grew, and even took advantage of the internal chaos of the Ming Empire to successfully occupy the land of China, which few nomadic peoples in history could successfully occupy, staged a well-known tragedy in history such as "Ten Days of Jiading and Three Massacres in Yangzhou". Thinking of this, Yun Yi smiled with some relief. No matter what the future is, at least because of his arrival, he saved the lives of many Han people. Then the hard work in the past few years is worth it.
He signaled Dai Peishan to give the Prime Minister a glass of water, and after he took it, he moistened his throat, and then said: "Minister Sun is currently inseparable from the Ming Dynasty. The population is always our weakness. His task is still very heavy. Moreover, he is experiencing a fish in the Ming Dynasty. It may not be suitable for changing someone. Moreover, I heard that he found his other half in the Ming Dynasty, which was one step ahead of all of us. Even if His Majesty asked him to come back, he would not be happy."
"Haha, his movements are fast. It seems that the day of his return is the time to get married. It seems that traditional Chinese girls are still very popular with you? You people from the State Council must also learn from Minister Sun and seize the time to solve family problems. Since we have come to this time and space, we should live here well. We need to have a opposite sex who is always with us. You can complete him as a task. Do you understand, Li Xiang?"
Li Mu was stunned when he heard this, and just mentioned Minister Sun's private affairs, but caused trouble for himself and his colleagues that no one had time to deal with. It seemed that he would be resentful after he went back.
Chapter completed!