Li Junwei looked at Pei Yuanqi with a smile and found that his friend's face was still sad. He asked, "Yunqi, do you think what he said is lies?"

"Your Highness, I promise with my life that all I say is heartfelt words." Joseph said hurriedly.

Pei Yuanqi shook his head slightly: "I believe what Mr. Joseph said is true, but you and I know that the granaries are full and etiquette are known. The poor Jews will choose to come because of the stable security situation of the empire and the enlightened political system. However, when they are no longer poor and after the empire owns property, they will pursue political and social status..."

"Enough, corpus, you are like your father, always thinking too long. Sometimes don't think so much, but you can't do it." Li Junwei interrupted him and said, "What you think of is a threat that our descendants should consider. It has nothing to do with us. There is no perfect system in this world, and our nation is not worse than any nation. And have we discussed this issue? The Jews are stateless people. If one day we think they hate them, either make up their minds to reject them like other European countries, or just give them a piece of land to build a country and then drive them away..."

Pei Yuanqi nodded slightly, and knew that being in his own position was unavoidable. However, Joseph stood there in horror. As a Jew, he could accept discussions on restrictions and even expelled the Jewish nation. After all, this nation has been in this posture for thousands of years. European monarchs often like to issue orders to slaughter, expel Jews, and then exchange for bribery and dedication from the Jews.

Or, the European monarch would first drive away the Jews, plunder wealth, then accept their bribes, give them space to survive and then cut a wave of leeks. The reason why Joseph was so excited that his body was trembling because he clearly heard a word from King Yu that he could give the Jews a piece of land to build a country.

"Your Highness, are you saying true?" Joseph asked.

Li Junwei smiled and said, "I'm just a joke. Although the Jews have lived in the empire for a long time and will have some conflicts with us, so what? Haven't they lived well in Penang? Don't worry, Mr. Joseph? I have no intention of expelling Jews? You also see that the Chief Executive of Xijin in front of you is in the imperial constitution, foreign-related and religious laws as much as possible? Find space for you to survive and develop in Xijin..."

"No, no, no......" Joseph asked, "You just said? Can you give us a piece of land to build a country, right?"

"Is this another level of question? It's not among the discussion today." Li Junwei smiled and shook his head.

But Joseph was unable to let go of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. In fact, the Jewish nation understands more than anyone else? Why do they have so many resources? But they are always excluded and exploited by other nations, because the Jewish nation is a stateless person. They have no country and no army. They cannot protect their own interests? They must rely on monarchs who are like wolves and tigers.

Now, the prince of the empire expressed the intention of helping the Jews build a country. Even if it was just a slight possibility, it was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Joseph's head quickly flashed through the empire's national policies over the years? I found that this was not impossible.

At least in the Southeast Asian countries, Java and Sulu have already been created by the Empire. Both of them have deep connections with the Empire? The Empire and Sulu have fought Spain together and the Netherlands together with Java. Afterwards, they also colonized the two regions. Found that the local population was really large? It was impossible to annex the short term, so they only carried out economic colonization and did not participate in management. In order to deal with local rebels, the Empire regained its friendship and supported the two feudal regimes.

Although it is a protector and a colony, it is also a possibility. This is just something Joseph experienced personally. He also heard a lot of rumors that in Africa, the colonial companies of the empire supported many tribal countries in order to reduce management costs. Since those people can, then the Jews can do it too.

Joseph wanted to continue talking, but was stopped by Pei Yuanqi. Pei Yuanqi pointed to the clock beside him and said, "Mr. Joseph, it's time for His Highness Yu to rest in the afternoon. In spring and autumn, His Highness is about to take a nap."

"But it's winter," said Joseph.

"Spring is a sleepy person who is in trouble in spring and autumn. For His Highness, it is a sleepy person who is in trouble in spring and autumn and is a nap in summer. He wants to sleep more in winter. So, you'd better say something useful." Pei Yuanqi reminded.

Li Junwei smiled and didn't care about his friends' mockery. He just thought it was a joke. When he was getting up, Joseph said, "His Royal Highness, what I want to say is that if the empire gave a piece of land and supported us in establishing a country, even if it was just a dominant, we Jews were willing to give everything."

"Joseph, do you think you are qualified to say this? The three major families of Simenes, Caldera and Evora, the Rodriguez family of Venice, Abravanel of Naples, Mingus family of Istanbul, and Suyaso of Amsterdam, if they say this, perhaps His Highness will consider it. If we really have this need, we will also look for Jewish bankers in Genoa." Pei Yuanqi said disdainfully.

Li Junwei also cooperated with his friends to sort out his clothes and walked out. Joseph said, "This is the common wish of the Jews. Every Jew can pursue this way. Your Highness, please believe us. Don't regard us as white Europeans competing with the empire because of our color and language. We are different..."

Li Junwei faced his argument and gave Joseph a smile sleepily, and continued to walk out. Joseph shouted: "I have information about the Suyasu family in Amsterdam. Mr. Suyasu is going to invest 2 million ruts for Prince Orange, which is equivalent to 1.4 million taels of imperial silver coins to support Prince Orange to compete for the British throne. You know, if this plan is successful, Britain and the Netherlands will become a country, which will have a profound impact on the pattern of the world......"

"You didn't say it earlier, I won't be sleepy if you talk about this." Li Junwei sat back on the chair with a smile, and Joseph immediately had a bitter face.

Nowadays, in the subcontinental and East-West trade level, the two largest competitors of the empire are the East India Company of the Netherlands and Britain. Although these two countries have few colonies in the East and West, they have intercontinental trade fleets, occupying more than 40% of the transportation capacity of the East and West. Moreover, their own markets are not open to the empire, and the integration of these two countries has indeed had a great impact on the empire.

Li Junwei knew this, and Joseph also knew it, so he originally planned to exchange this news for a trade privilege, but now he could only throw it away just to formally discuss the establishment of the Jewish country with King Yu.

Joseph can only briefly introduce that the Dutch princes competed for the British king not because of the support of the Jews, but because of the welcome in the UK, not only the welcome of capitalists, but also the welcome of traditional aristocrats. The reason is that the current British kings are acting against each other and believe in Catholic rather than Protestantism, and also seek religious freedom in Britain, strengthening the power of religion and imperial power, which undoubtedly offended the old and new British aristocrats.

Pei Yuanqi said after hearing this: "It's really meaningless big news."

Of course, the empire was unwilling to merge the two countries, but this kind of thing that was unwilling to stop was the most difficult to stop. Joseph only mentioned that France would stop it, but so what? Compared with Xijin, Western Europe is the end of the world for the empire. It is too far away. At the end of the strong crossbow, what can it be if it cannot penetrate Lu silk?

Li Junwei shook his head and said to Pei Yuanqi: "No, this is very useful."

Pei Yuanqi shrugged. He knew that he was not at the same level as Li Junwei after all. He only needed to consider the development of Xijin and the empire's strategy in Central and Eastern Europe, while Li Junwei focused on the entire world.

Li Junwei looked at Joseph and asked, "Do you want to be the Duke of Nasi in the Empire?"

Joseph shook his head quickly. The Duke of Nasi was a pioneer of Zionism. More than a hundred years ago, he was persecuted by the Spanish king in Spain. He was forced to convert to Catholicism, immigrated to the Netherlands, and established a banking system. His handsome appearance and amiable personality allowed him to obtain the entire European banking network. The nobles in Western Europe especially liked him, especially France and the Netherlands. But at that time, the Netherlands still belonged to Spain. So when the new round of persecution was about to begin, he heard that the Ottomans accepted the Jews planned to move their families to the Ottoman Empire. Their first step was Venice.

Nasi planned to purchase islands to provide protection for the Jews, but failed. The Venetian Republic also rejected the Jews. After knowing that he was a Jew, he arrested his family members. Nasi was forced to flee to Italy, and many of his property was confiscated. The French kings and nobles who owed him money also cheated on him. His reason was that he borrowed money from the Catholic Nasi, not from the Jews.

In the end, Nasi fled to Ottoman and, with the help of the Sultan at that time, allowed his relatives in Venice to be free. In Ottoman, Nasi was in a state of water, retaliated through international trade, and participated in the competition for the throne. Nasi supported one of the parties and helped win the war with huge funds. Therefore, Nasi obtained land and became the lord, but his land was threatened by Arab tribes and immigrants were intercepted in the Mediterranean. The plan was not smooth at the beginning.

Later, as a diplomat, Nasi assisted the Ottoman in peace talks with the European monarch. He was named a duke and owned an island in the Aegean Sea. However, the plan to establish a country was stranded again. He asked when Sultan was drunk. The Sultan agreed, but after sobering up, he could not remember anything. Until Nasi died of illness, he did not succeed.

"I did not have such a luxury. I just hope that I could buy a piece of coastal land or island within the sphere of influence of the empire to shelter the poor Jews. The Xijin area is also possible, and the South Ocean is also possible. We can not establish a country, but only serve as the dominant of the empire." Joseph said carefully.

Li Junwei said, "This is easy to do, but why should I help you? The empire is not short of money, and it is not as good as buying and selling territory. I don't think that because of the cheapness provided to you, the Jews will stand on the side of the empire. You know, you only do things that are beneficial to you."

"All these can be discussed, we will be very sincere." After all, it was an emergency, and Joseph was not an amazing figure among the Jews, so it was difficult for him to convince Li Junwei for a while.

Li Junwei smiled: "Mr. Joseph, I take my friendship with your family very seriously. Unfortunately, this is not a business."

"Of course, we will make contributions to the empire. In addition to money and intelligence, we can even do some for the empire..." Joseph said with a nervous face.

Li Junwei shook his head: "Mr. Joseph, the empire is not a gangster. You can join the gang without saying a letter of surrender. And you are so excited that you lose your mind. I believe that your compatriots in Europe will not believe that you will succeed if you do these things. They do not understand the empire, and they will not believe in the empire."

Joseph couldn't help but feel disappointed. He almost collapsed on the ground. Is there anything more desperate in this world than it is now? It's obvious that there is hope, but I can't catch it: "Is it really impossible?"

Li Junwei patted Joseph's hand: "Mr. Joseph, if the empire supports you in establishing a country, it will definitely not be in the corners, not in some island in the South Ocean, not in some coastline in Xijin, but in the place where you were born, the Levant."

"The Levant?" Joseph was almost stunned. The so-called Levant was the region along the Eastern Mediterranean coast, and the birthplace of the Jewish nation was there.

"Yes, your holy city, Jerusalem, is there. Why, don't you want to live in the land of your ancestors, and be closer to your gods, waiting for the arrival of the Messiah?" asked Li Junwei.

Joseph was silent for a long time and said, "I am going crazy. Now I cannot believe what you said is true, but I really hope it is true. Your Highness Yu, the great Your Highness Yu, please do not be stingy with words and time, and must explain it to me clearly. I believe that all Jews will do this when facing this news. I beg you, Your Highness."

Li Junwei snapped his fingers at the attendant, and the attendant smiled and asked the attendant in the room to leave, and then closed the door.

"You know the situation of Ottoman now. Ottoman was defeated in Vienna, retreating step by step, and there was also internal strife. They needed support, especially funds." Li Junwei said.

Joseph nodded seriously. The more the Ottoman declined, the less friendly it was to the Jews. In fact, the Jews in the Ottoman territory are very nervous because they knew that once the Sultan lacked money, they would borrow from them. If the situation could not improve, the loan could not be paid back, and the Jews did not want to borrow any more, then it would be inevitable to directly exclude the Jews and seize their property.
Chapter completed!