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The ministers' expressions were solemn, and they were all thinking about the emperor's words.

They admit that they have been a little inflated during this time, and the thinking of the Heavenly Empire of the Great Yu Kingdom has begun to spread in the court again, and this has caused some ministers to start not wanting to make progress and focus on the internal struggle for power.

This kind of bad influence has naturally spread to local states and counties, and now the information sent by Niu Ben undoubtedly made these people's hearts tremble, realizing that now is not the time to relax.

Xiao Ming's gaze swept over the ministers, and he had already seen some clues to the problem, that is, the Great Chongqing State needed enemies, and only a crisis could keep the country enterprising.

After all, it is only in the face of foreign enemies that the ruling stratum of a country can emerge with unprecedented unity, and this is also conducive to the growth of national sentiment, otherwise, from the officials to the common people, they will fall into infighting and become lazy in government affairs.

That is why, in contemporary times, countries tear each other down, and only by threatening each other and competing with each other can countries remain viable.

"You have also heard General Niu's words, there are still many enemies in Dayu now, even if Dayu is a tiger, but the wolves can still threaten the survival of Dayu, I hope you Aiqing will keep this in mind and do your part well."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

The Manchu Dynasty said in unison.

Turning his head to look at Niu Ben, Xiao Ming asked, "What do you think about the military aircraft department of Tubo and the Golden Horde?" ”

"In the end, the general thought that the most important of the two at present was the Golden Horde, and Dolgo flattered Tsarist Russia in order to unite with Tsarist Russia to recapture Kwantung and even destroy the Great Chongqing State, and Tsarist Russia also had the ambition of eastward expansion, they can be described as a traitor, if they do not crush the threat of the two, the north will never have peace." Niu Ben said loudly.

Fiji frowned, he said: "Tubo seems to be a bad match, if it wasn't for Tubo to let the barbarians in, Bashu would not have had hundreds of thousands of casualties, and now Tubo and the British are mixed together, it will inevitably be more unscrupulous, after all, Tubo is backed by British India, this is a country with hundreds of millions of people, and the most important thing is that the British have also achieved rule here." “

At present, the cabinet ministers of all countries in the world are clear about the overall strength, but other officials do not know that when they hear that India's population is comparable to that of Dayu, they all become nervous.

There is a threat from Tsarist Russia in the north, and it seems that the southwest is not a place to live.

"The southwest is a remote place, the military strength of the Great Chongqing is difficult to reach, and the supply is even more difficult as the blue sky, it is inevitable to suffer some losses temporarily, and the northern railway has been extended to the eastern part of the country, and the soldiers and supplies are extremely easy, compared with the two, it is natural to hit the north first, only the threat from the north is gone, we can go south with peace of mind, after all, the north is too close to Qingzhou, and there can be no difference." Luo Quan's opinion is consistent with Niu Ben's.

Fiji was just nagging, and he was not willing to take care of the affairs of the army, after all, the government affairs and the army are now governed separately, so he said: "It is still up to the emperor to decide." ”

Xiao Ming smiled, "The army is still good at fighting, the two generals are right, the most important thing at the moment is the north." “

After that, he motioned to Qian Dafu and asked Qian Dafu to spread out the world map on the main hall.

The world map was printed, and the spheres of influence on it were marked according to the situation of the secret guards, and the moment the huge map was spread out in front of the civil and military officials, everyone's eyes gathered.

Xiao Ming walked down from the main hall at this time, like stepping on a carpet, stepping on the map, he took a bamboo pole from Qian Dafu's hand and pointed to the north.

"You see, although the Golden Horde has lost the land of Kanto, their territory is still huge, from Raozhou to this place."

At this time, Xiao Ming pointed to an ocean in the middle of the interior, "This place is called the Caspian Sea, the land of the Golden Horde has been here, and the north of the Golden Horde is the land of Tsarist Russia, and there are some Central Asian khanates below the Golden Horde, among which the Ottoman Empire on the south of the Caspian Sea is the most powerful, followed by Persia and British Afghanistan." ”

Seeing such a clear map of forces, the officials were shocked, in order to show the difference, Xiao Ming marked the map with different colors, among which the Great Chongqing State was red, the Golden Horde was golden, and the Tsarist Russia was brown, in comparison, the land of these two forces was more than ten times the land of the current Great Chongqing State.

After all, the current sphere of influence of the Great Chongqing State does not include Tubo and the northern grasslands.

"It is inconceivable that Tsarist Russia should encroach on such a vast area of land in the north." Yang Chengye was shocked that this map was clearly marked, and he used to have a vague location of Europe, but now he can see every continent in the world at a glance.

The colonies and countries of European countries on the map are the same color, and Fiji sighed: "This Britain is really not simple, why is the whole map the territory of Britain?" ”

"No wonder they want to be enemies of the Great Yu State, they are now extending their hands to our vassal states, no wonder these vassal states no longer pay tribute to us." Zhan Xingchang said angrily.

Xiao Ming walked leisurely on the world map, and he said: "Now you should have some understanding of the current world, I can tell you that the most important resource areas in the world are not in our hands now. “

While speaking, Xiao Ming pointed to Australia, "There is a wealth of iron ore here, coal, and there is a thing called oil here, and after the application of electricity, I am afraid that the internal gas will have to raise the agenda, without this kind of thing called oil, we will be very passive, and even the root of life will be held by others." ”

Then he pointed to South America, "Rubber is the product here, bicycle tires are made of rubber, I won't talk about the importance, now this place is controlled by the Europeans, at present only the Dutch sell it to us at a high price, once the Dutch change their diplomatic strategy to Europe, we will lose the source of rubber, and it will take more than ten years for the rubber trees in Dayu to grow." “

Every time Xiao Ming pointed to a place, the officials' expressions became solemn, and now they understood the dilemma faced by the Great Chongqing State, how could it be that some scarce resources were actually controlled by outsiders.

"Your Majesty, for the sake of the future development of the Great Yu Kingdom, the lower officials think that they should send troops to compete with the European countries for these resource-rich areas, so as to be shackled by others in the future." Pang Yukun said first.

"That's right, Your Majesty, I'm a big country, how can I let these barbarians choke their necks?"

“……“

The ministers of the court were furious.

At this time, Xiao Ming smiled, and it seemed that the colonization plan of the Great Yu Kingdom would not receive opposition.