Near Schönbrunn Palace, a European-style mansion, the wooden lattice window is pasted with a layer of paper covered with large characters, and the candles are lit in the room.

"The paper on this window is really nothing in Han Land...... But when it comes to Europa, it's actually a rarity. ”

In the room, an old man lay on the bed, pointing to the paper pasted on the window.

"This paper is not difficult to make, and there are Han Chinese who come with the Great Khan who can make paper, but it is not yet the time to start making paper in Europa."

The other person said with a smile that the person on the bed was Liu Bingzhong, and it was Liu Xiaoyuan who was talking to him. Hearing Liu Xiaoyuan's words, Liu Bingzhong just smiled bitterly. I am afraid that the reason for not making paper is to facilitate the burning of books in Europa, right? This nephew of his own, is really going to come up with a desperate plan!

"Ming Jing, the strategy of the Europa script is good, and it is a little troublesome now, but in a decade or two, the country will be able to be governed."

Liu Bingzhong nodded with relief, he had tuberculosis, and there was no medicine at all in this year, it was just a matter of delaying his maintenance for a while. However, in my lifetime, I always feel that it is a good thing to see Kublai Khan, who has devoted his life and loyalty, to build a country here in Europa that can be peaceful for a long time - Kublai Khan's "Mengou" can be peaceful, and his descendants of Liu Bingzhong's sons and nephews can also enjoy wealth and prosperity for a long time!

"It's just that our country can't survive until one or two decades later, it's hard to say......"

Now there are two uncles and nephews in the house, Liu Bingzhong and Liu Xiaoyuan, so there is no scruple when speaking.

"A decade or two is more than that."

"More than that? Will the Ming Sage agree? ”

"Da Ming? Hehe......" Liu Bingzhong just shook his head, "You really think that Da Ming will not be relenting." A 10,000-mile expedition to Europe? ”

"Won't it? Didn't the Ming sage refuse the Great Khan's claim to be a vassal? ”

Liu Xiaoyuan asked uncertainly, he had not been to China for many years. I don't know much about Daming's current situation.

"Of course not!" Liu Bingzhong smiled coldly, "Does the old man still have this vision?" The old man took a turn in Daming. It's kind of seen through...... Da Ming is now a dragon who is full of food and drink and doesn't want to move. No matter how big Long Wei is, he has to rest and play well, where will he still mobilize the people in this poor place of Europe? Chen Dexing didn't want to make peace, but he didn't want to relax so quickly. However, he doesn't have much energy to deal with us. His Ming has too many troubles for him, a saint, to take care of! ”

"Troublesome ......," Liu Xiaoyuan nodded. He is also familiar with history books and understands the allusions of various dynasties and generations. Naturally, it can be seen that the country established by Chen Dexing is very different from the previous dynasties. If you must look for something to refer to. In the history of China, it seems that only the Western Zhou Dynasty has a slight resemblance to it.

In addition, some of the systems of the Ming Dynasty are somewhat similar to those of the Roman Empire in ancient Europa.

Liu Bingzhong said lightly: "The politics of the Ming Dynasty are very different from those of the Chinese dynasties. Internally, the so-called gentry and gentry are self-governing, the localities are autonomous, the court is the dictatorship of the king, and there is also a council to assist and consult...... How can this approach, for better or worse, just to make it work properly, without decades of careful tuning? And that's not even the biggest trouble. The biggest trouble was the Ming vassal states and the so-called overseas colonies. One by one, they all left the Ming Dynasty for thousands of miles, and they each had a military base, and they also had a wide range of wealth, and they had a proper tail. How to govern. I'm afraid I have to make Chen Dexing, a great Ming saint, very nervous. ”

Liu Bingzhong's words reached the point of pride, and he chuckled.

In his mind, Chen Dexing sealed so many feudal states. The "Chen Li" was also formulated, apparently to establish a tributary system with the Ming Empire as the core. The vassal states had to obey the Ming court. The Ming court ruled the world through these vassal states - just like the feudal world of the Western Zhou Dynasty.

However, this enlarged version of the Western Zhou Dynasty established by Chen Dexing is too big. How could the Ming court manage it? Most of those feudal kingdoms have only just opened. Some of them have not yet opened, and for many years to come, all kinds of things that give Chen Dexing a headache will definitely be endless. When the time comes, where will he have time to take care of Europa?

"What kind of Chinese world, it's purely full of food."

Hearing this comment, Liu Xiaoyuan also nodded again and again, as if he agreed. As one of the four chief magistrates of the Mongol-Europa Empire, he was naturally familiar with military and political affairs. During this time, in addition to being in charge of contact with the Europa people and the Ming Atlantic Governor's Office, he was busy dealing with the affairs reported by the Mongol governors in various places.

Kublai Khan's "Mongol Empire" stretched from Lithuania on the southern shore of the Baltic Sea in the east, to the Atlantic Ocean in the west, and to the Alps and Pyrenees in the south. It was also a headache to govern, and most of the news reported by the Mongol governors everywhere was not very good.

It's not that there is a rebellion here - it's all the hidden landless knights who are making trouble, trying in vain to overthrow the rule of the Mongol Eight Banners and restore their homeland; That's where there is a cult -- Christianity that does not recognize Kublai Khan as the second eldest of God's family is a cult; Either it is some place that owes taxes and fights grain; Then there are the people who flee and smuggle by maritime merchants.

"There are so many things in a small Europa, and there are all over the world, how can the trouble be small? It won't be stable without decades of conditioning. ”

Liu Xiaoyuan seemed to be deeply touched.

"Decades later, if we are safe and stable, we will not go on an expedition to Europa. It seems that our country can last for a long time......"

Liu Bingzhong lowered his voice and shook his hand gently.

"Not necessarily."

Liu Xiaoyuan's pupils shrank slightly, and he looked at his uncle Liu Bingzhong. Liu Bingzhong is an old man and has a unique view of major events in the world, so he has to pay attention to it.

"The reason why the Great Mongolia established itself by force is because the Mongols can suppress the heroes by force. Now that the Central Plains have been lost and tens of thousands of miles west, in the final analysis, the Great Mongolian armed forces are weakening. The foundation of the great Mongolia's armed forces is in the bitter cold of the northern grasslands, and the so-called poor mountains and bad waters produce elite soldiers. The weakening of the Mongol armed forces was due to the prosperity of the Central Plains and the infiltration of wealth. The Mongols are not as good as the next. And the land of extreme Western Europe only relies on the power of the Han people. Bullying some barbarian and poor countries is really not a hero. The Great Khan also knew that the Mongol Eight Banners were strong and middle-class. He is by no means an invincible heavenly soldier, so he will listen to the words of you and the old man, write the Bible, proclaim himself the son of God, never write Europa, and implement the national policy of fooling the people and the weak people. It is to make the people of Europa both stupid and weak, so that the children of the Eight Banners can enjoy glory in peace. However...... If the people are poor, they are not afraid of death, and if the people are stupid, they are easy to incite! Once millions of heroes in Europa are instigated and coerced by one or two heroes, Great Mongolia will surely perish! ”

"So...... Hu has a hundred years of national fortune? Liu Xiaoyuan asked in a low voice.

"Centennial National Games...... That's pretty much it. It has been more than 60 years since Genghis Khan was founded, and another 100 years is more than 160 years. The Mongolian warriors of the past will be passed down to at least seven or eight generations, and after more than 100 years of wealth and wealth, what fighting spirit can they have? If there is really anything, who else can the country rely on? ”

Liu Bingzhong saw it very clearly, and the Mongols relied on barbarism to rely on the kind of ruthlessness and martial arts honed from generation to generation on the grassland to fight all over the world. That's the fundamental! And this kind of ruthlessness and martial arts are no longer good in Kublai Khan's generation. The combat effectiveness is not much stronger than that of the Han army of several princes, and if it is simply better than hand-to-hand combat! As a result, he met Chen Dexing's steel-armored pikemen. Archery and horseback charging were ineffective, and only the only thing left was to be beaten.

"That'...... How many years of national fortune does the Ming Dynasty have? Liu Xiaoyuan paused and asked again.

"Da Ming...... It's hard to say, it's hard to say. Liu Bingzhong frowned deeply, "The Ming Dynasty is not the country of Zhao and Song. The systems are completely different. Since ancient times, the rise and fall of a country's strength and weakness are related to the system at the beginning of the founding of the country. The beginning of the kingdom was established. The ancestral system was established by the founding monarch and passed on to the descendants. If it is not a big difficulty, it is extremely difficult to change. And there are no advantages or disadvantages to the system. Only if it is timely. The Han Dynasty rested with the people, and Haoqiang was born, so he died in the Haoqiang Rebellion. Tang Hao was overjoyed, and Hu Feng was prosperous, so he weakened in the Anshi Rebellion and divided the feudal towns. The Song Dynasty learned the lessons of the Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties, and ruled the world with culture, which was weaker than the way to win with soldiers. And Chen Ming...... Ming use the gentry, really support the gentry, heavy industry and commerce and light agriculture, in the future or industry and commerce, the gentry are rampant, bullying the people internally, so that the people are not happy! Invade the vassal kingdom to the outside world, so that the etiquette collapses! ”

Liu Bingzhong was insightful and saw through the essence of Chen Dexing's politics at a glance! Shijue Manor can't compare to the chaebol of the merchant market at all! In the long run, the economic foundation of a country will inevitably be controlled by the bourgeoisie, and the bourgeoisie, which is becoming more and more financially powerful, will gradually gain political power. Once the capitalists control the Ming regime, they will inevitably use the power of the Ming state to open up the market and cheap raw materials. At that time, there will definitely be a serious conflict with other Chinese feudal states, which is the collapse of etiquette......

"However, the Ming Dynasty is vast and has feudal countries all over the world, and the so-called country is very large and sparsely populated. There are few people in the country, the land is rich, and the people can be comfortable, which is the prosperity of industry and commerce, and the people will not be poor for a while. I think the national movement will be longer than Mongolia, about the same as the Tang and Song dynasties, right? ”

"Can it be three hundred years?" Liu Xiaoyuan muttered in a low voice. "It's better than here in Mongolia...... Uncle, do we want to leave a way back for our Liu family? ”

"Back?" Liu Bingzhong glanced at his nephew, "Isn't it already married to the daughter of Roman Khan?" ”

"A hundred years have passed, but two lives, my son and I have no worries, where should my grandson go?"

is really a good father and grandfather who plans for his children and grandchildren.

"Isn't there also Hong Kong and Macau?" Liu Bingzhong said lightly, "Hong Kong is on the other side of the strait, a place sheltered by the Ming Dynasty, the Mongols can't control it, and the English can't manage it, but it's a free and easy land!" ”

Liu Bingzhong seems to be a good ancestor of the Europa Banner people, and he is already seeking a way out for his descendants in a hundred years.

However, later history proved that Liu Bingzhong and Liu Xiaoyuan's retreat for Liu Jiabu in Hong Kong was not superfluous. More than 100 years later, there was a huge "Jesuit revolt" in the land of Europa. Quan's German scholar in his thirties went crazy because of repeated failures, claimed to be the heavenly brother Jesus, organized the religious group Jesuits, and launched an uprising in the Rhine Province, sweeping most of the Mongol and European empires, and once captured the eastern capital of the empire (Krakow).

However, after occupying the eastern capital, Sauron. On the one hand, he continued to claim that it was Jesus who descended to earth and issued an edict to the Holy Roman Emperor and the Holy See, asking them to obey their own Lord; On the one hand, they massacred the captured children of the Eight Banners and Europa officials in the Eastern Capital. At the same time, it did not send troops in time to pursue the western expedition to the Mongol capital Paris, and in the end the war dragged on, and both sides suffered heavy losses, allowing the Qing Dynasty, which had risen in Asia Minor, to take advantage of the weakness......

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Of course, Liu Bingzhong and Liu Xiaoyuan cannot be considered exhaustive of all kinds of changes in the future, and Kublai Khan is naturally impossible to know. At this moment, he was talking to Baturu and An Tong in Schönbrunn Palace. The old face, which was originally still smiling, seemed to be frozen by the chill of the night at this moment, his eyebrows were deeply locked, and he was shaking his head slightly from time to time.

Baturu and An Tong came to report to Kublai Khan on the breeding of the Mongol White Banner and the budget for the banner. The white flag and the inlaid white flag are the two flags of Kublai Khan's most confidants, which are stationed in the Paris Palace, and the treatment of the flag soldiers is also better.

However, what made Kublai Khan feel embarrassed was that the number of people and expenses of these two banners had been increasing rapidly during this time.

The Eight Banners of Mongolia were organized before Kublai Khan left the two rivers and went west. The total population of the eight banners is about 2 million, of which half is the flag man and half the flag slave. On the way to the west, he died of illness and some of the battles, and later added some of the meritorious banner slaves to the Eight Banners. In this way, the number of flag slaves was maintained at more than 1 million, and the number of flag slaves was reduced to less than 700,000. In other words, there should be 1.7 million Eight Banners plus flag slaves, of which the flag people with white flags should be about 125,000. However, just over a year after Kublai Khan's arrival in Paris, the population of Zhengbai Banner is approaching 200,000!

That's an increase of 75,000 people all at once! This is not all born from the baby boom after the war, but a strong man with a white flag marrying a young wife...... The native women of Naffar were concubines. According to the system set by Kublai Khan during the time of the Two Rivers, all the wives and concubines of the warriors of the Eight Banners, no matter who they were, could be naturalized. So these French concubines are considered to be French flags, and they are all flag people.

And this flag man is not for nothing, he wants to get the flag salary!

The situation here in Europa is different from that of the Two Rivers, with a population of more than 30 million, and the population of the territory ruled by Kublai Khan is also more than 10 million. And there are Europa countries in the south and north that are still resisting. The conquest continued, and the bannermen naturally could not be dispersed in various places, but must be concentrated in the big cities. Therefore, there is no way to allocate land to them one by one, but some land is encircled around the big cities in France, North Germany, Poland and other places. Flag land is not assigned to the flag person, but is operated by each flag. All the flag people live on flag salaries. The greater the number of these bannermen, the greater the expenses of Kublai Khan's imperial court...... (To be continued.) )